never worked for the british museum before. got kind of dark intimations that something was going to be wrong that i would have to deal with, but no more than that. i found out about the sort of second or third week the scale of the damage. i guess it's an interesting way to begin a job. yes, it is. within weeks of starting, tom is given the unenviable task of leading the recovery of the missing items and making sure all the objects in his department are accounted for. but there's a catch — and it's a serious one. the vast majority of those missing items had never been formally catalogued by the museum. there are 107,000 items in the greek and roman department collection and we're effectively going through every one of those to make sure we've got a completely solid basis for saying that they're with us. so, can the museum ever be sure of what was actually lost? and how do they prove who did it? i think the only way of hoping to recover them is to get the thief to disclose how he sold them and where he sold them — but we're a l

never worked for the british museum before.nd rome at the british museum. got kind of dark intimations that something was going to be wrong that i would have to deal with, but no more than that. i found out about the sort of second or third week the scale of the damage. i guess it's an interesting way to begin a job. yes, it is. within weeks of starting, tom is given the unenviable task of leading the recovery of the missing items and making sure all the objects in his department are accounted for. but there's a catch — and it's a serious one. the vast majority of those missing items had never been formally catalogued by the museum. there are 107,000 items in the greek and roman department collection and we're effectively going through every one of those to make sure we've got a completely solid basis for saying that they're with us. so, can the museum ever be sure of what was actually lost? and how do they prove who did it? i think the only way of hoping to recover them is to get the thief to disclose how he sold them and wher

the plan to shore up the british museum , make up the british museum, make overseas visitors pay £20visit the british museum, according to the director brought in to restore the institution's reputation after the theft scandal last year , the theft scandal last year, which we covered quite a lot. so this is sir mark jones and he believes that institutions should refrain, from charging british visitors and foreigners under 25. now what do i feel about this? it feels like two things are being conflated here as well. you've got the british museum issue, and we had this scandal last year where there was a lot of theft going on. >> this was stuff being stolen from the back rooms and being sold on ebay. i mean, why don't they just put a tax on the stuff that's being sold on ebay? nick and then they could cover it. i didn't think about that. it's a good idea, leo, i recommend whatever you just said, but my thing is, museums are boring, right? i mean, who wants to go to them anyway ? they've got a to them anyway? they've got a nice atmosphere i like. i find them boring , but foreigners, them

two gems that came from the british museum which i am now bringing back to them. is museum which i amto - back to them. is that stolen property? yes. to clarify, i back to them. is that stolen l property? yes. to clarify, this man is not — property? yes. to clarify, this man is not the _ property? yes. to clarify, this man is not the thief. - man is not the thief. the gems he is holding are at the heart of the story i'm about to tell you. it emerged the british museum was warned more tan two years objects from its collection were put up for sale. more than 15 items were stolen, damaged or are missing. this is a story about one of britain's most revered institutions. the in effect of ancient treasures sold around the world. ancient treasures sold around the world-— the world. very shocking, worrying- _ the world. very shocking, worrying- i— the world. very shocking, worrying. i had _ the world. very shocking, worrying. i had no - the world. very shocking, worrying. i had no idea i the world. very shocking, worrying. i had no idea ofj the world. very shocking, i worrying. i had no idea

i'm holding two gems that came from the british museum and which i'm now bringing back to them.ief. but the gems ittai's holding are at the heart of the story i'm about to tell you. it's emerged that the british museum was warned more than two years ago that objects from its collection were being put up for sale. more than 1,500 items were stolen, damaged or are missing from this place. this is a story about one of britain's most revered institutions and the theft of ancient treasures that were sold around the world. it was very shocking. it was worrying. i had no idea the scale that this would turn out to be.

this is sir mark - jones, the former british museum jones, the former british museum boss who has suggestedou have the logistical challenges of how you would make overseas visitors pay, we don't have id cards here in the uk, so how could british citizens prove they are entitled to free admission? but we do pay typically to visit museums and galleries in historic sites when we travel overseas, and we also through our taxes pay to the tune of eight and a half billion pounds each year —— eight 5p. and often when british citizens go to museums currently, they will see special exhibitions because they've probably visited the gallery in the museum previously. so it does feel that we are often paying 2—3 times for something visitors might be getting forfree, and perhaps for something visitors might be getting for free, and perhaps that's something that ought to be addressed. but it's quite a controversial topic and people tend to have strong opinions about it. in a word, would you be in favour or not, if you reckon, if you are pushed? i not, if you reckon, if you are pushed?— not, if you reckon, i

was founded in alexandria in 290 bc, the very first modern museum is the british museum in london ,s to visitors in 1753, in order to visit it... written permission was required, so the first public museum became the louvre, which opened in 1793, so on may 18, everyone involved in museum art celebrated international museum day. in 2023 , more than 145 countries around the world joined this tradition. the highlight of this holiday is the annual international event night of museums. also took up this cultural baton. this year , more than 150 museums across the country took part in the event. we will talk about the development and popularization of museum art in belarus with the director of the museum of the history of the city of minsk, galina ladisova. galina petrovna, hello. good afternoon. you have devoted more than 30 years to the museum craft and are an expert in museum affairs. if you compare the museum yesterday. today and what trends can be traced? over the years , society is certainly changing, technology is developing, of course the museum is keeping up with this , keeping u

well, a former head of the british museum has said he wants to change the idea that foreign touristsd pay. they should pay £20 to visit an institution thatis pay £20 to visit an institution that is currently free for everyone, whether you live here or don't. >> well, when you consider that we have to pay to enter the likes of the colosseum and the acropolis, it's not only fair that tourists pay to see our attractions or and art museums abroad and other. >> i certainly don't know of any museums that are free abroad. so the question is , should our the question is, should our museums stay free for everyone and anyone, or should we be charging our tourists? okay, this morning, weyman bennett, who's an anti—racism activist, though i'm not sure what this has got to do with racism, and broadcaster and journalist mike. mike parry, are here to argue for and against this. weyman, good morning to you. and i just want to make this clear, are you just here because you're weyman? are you here because you are a co—convener of stand up to racism? in other words, is this being seen as some sort of r

he's now chair of the british museum's board of trustees, and chris bryant, in labour, has praised thisld involve the marbles being sent to greece for a decade and they would never come back. i think we know that that would be i mean, in a way, if you're going to do it, this is probably the best way to do it. >> i mean, you know. yeah. everybody saves face. yeah. exactly. yeah i just don't understand why they can't 3d print some decent copies. they would never know. >> but they've done the scans now. so they have like very precise. but this is as our colleague lewis schiff would say, somewhat of a non—story because basically all it is built on is chris bryant saying that he praising the by the way, the british museum is are the people who control this. the government has no say anyway. but the way that they've tried george osborne i think is it. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> but the way that they've tried to parlay this into because it's keir starmer trying to woo the eu for close ties. now the eu, he may be doing that, but it's got nothing to do with this. and he has no contro

museum's exhibits that haven't already been stolen are looted.his. they are very beautiful. they are inspirational, and they're ours. >> the elgin marbles. yes, so what are they actually called? the parthenon. >> the elgin marbles. >> the elgin marbles. >> and they're part of the parthenon. >> so surely they should go back to the parthenon. >> why ? because they're >> why? because they're literally segments of it. >> but the parthenon at that point belonged to the turks. so shouldn't it go back to mr erdogan? >> do you know there is a commentator , tonia buxton, who commentator, tonia buxton, who is from greece, and she does so much justice to this subject, and she fully convinced me that those deserve and need to go back to greece where they belong, along with all the other looted british museum goods. >> they weren't looted, they were bought . were bought. >> the decline of the parthenon tells a story about the west, doesn't it? because this thing was allowed to crumble for centuries, it was repurposed for a church, and by the time we by the ti

museum's exhibits that haven't already been stolen are looted.this. they are very beautiful. they are inspirational, and they're ours. >> the elgin marbles. yes, so what are they actually called? the parthenon. >> the elgin marbles. >> the elgin marbles. >> and they're part of the parthenon. >> so surely they should go back to the parthenon. >> why ? because they're >> why? because they're literally segments of it. >> but the parthenon at that point belonged to the turks. so shouldn't it go back to mr erdogan? >> do you know there is a commentator , tonia buxton, who commentator, tonia buxton, who is from greece, and she does so much justice to this subject, and she fully convinced me that those deserve and need to go back to greece where they belong, along with all the other looted british museum goods. >> they weren't looted, they were bought . were bought. >> the decline of the parthenon tells a story about the west, doesn't it? because this thing was allowed to crumble for centuries, it was repurposed for a church, and by the time we by the t

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i doubt that if donald trump wanted to make a point, he could have given it the full british museum.gyptian mummy, couldn't he ? now accepting the couldn't he? now accepting the republican nomination to run for president, donald trump, addressed his own party's conference this week in an unending speech that was longer than a night out with paul gascoigne in the 90s. here's what he had to say. donald trump, not gazza. >> i raised my right arm, looked at the thousands and thousands of people that were breathlessly waiting and started shouting fight, fight, fight ! waiting and started shouting fight, fight, fight i together we fight, fight, fight! together we will save this country. we will restore the republic and we will usherin restore the republic and we will usher in the rich and wonderful tomorrows that our people so truly deserve . america's future truly deserve. america's future will be bigger, better, bolder, brighter, happier , stronger, brighter, happier, stronger, freer, greater and more united than ever before. >> in the end , donald trump is >> in the end, donald trump is

i doubt that if donald trump wanted to make a point, he could have given it the full british museum.gyptian mummy, couldn't he ? now accepting the couldn't he? now accepting the republican nomination to run for president, donald trump, addressed his own party's conference this week in an unending speech that was longer than a night out with paul gascoigne in the 90s. here's what he had to say. donald trump, not gazza. >> i raised my right arm, looked at the thousands and thousands of people that were breathlessly waiting and started shouting fight, fight, fight ! waiting and started shouting fight, fight, fight i together we fight, fight, fight! together we will save this country. we will restore the republic and we will usherin restore the republic and we will usher in the rich and wonderful tomorrows that our people so truly deserve . america's future truly deserve. america's future will be bigger, better, bolder, brighter, happier , stronger, brighter, happier, stronger, freer, greater and more united than ever before. >> in the end , donald trump is >> in the end, donald trump is

the playwright, author and former deputy chair of the british museum — bonnie greer.ter and curator ekow eshun. and also with us tom lubbock — former tory staffer and the co—founder of polling companyjl partners. lord mandelson is here too. and of course the peerless nick. nick, let's begin withjoe biden. we thought it was going to be a press conference and it has been delayed to 11:30pm.— press conference and it has been delayed to 11:30pm. what that means there is in the — delayed to 11:30pm. what that means there is in the next _ delayed to 11:30pm. what that means there is in the next hour _ delayed to 11:30pm. what that means there is in the next hour we _ delayed to 11:30pm. what that means there is in the next hour we could - there is in the next hour we could have possibly the most significant moment injoe biden�*s history and his most significant moment in his 52 year career and that is how is he going to do in this press conference? the significance of this is a design scripted. some chat it might be a big boy press conference that could go on for some time

the director was british choreographer john paul cook.he opportunity to show his talent and stage it. he worked 8 months on this production. i think it's wonderful and important when talented people are given opportunities. the opera and ballet festival will last until august 9, the organizer promises that many more surprises and unforgettable performances await the audience. and that’s all for now, the program will continue, time will tell, good day everyone, the information channel on the first continues its work, anatoly kuzichev is with you. we are working live, this program time will tell, remember the phrase from the film by alexei german, my friend ivan lapshin, in this city for every resident there are two brass bands, and here, you know, for every western politician, well, at least one peace plan regarding.

understand this, we need to go back to 1912, when egypt was not yet to suffer in states and onto the british control. archaeologist from france, england and germany was scouring the land and search refreshes to the museums this fight, it was common practice back then, just as the children state didn't have the means of the resources, i was prepared to allow the excavation campaigns except on the condition that half of the objects would ultimately remain in egypt. one such a contract was situated by jim and entrepreneur jane seemed a we'll see, patron of building museums. he used his fortune to finance excavations, my gym, and audiologist, who take bull cox. on december 6th, 1912. the team legacy station, discovering a tail l. amana on the nile. the bull todd was over joyce, when it came time to the antiquities department, to design the funds, the boss went to germany and as compensation, a wind, ulta piece remained in egypt. moving advised that the money has been speculation that the boss may have been sprinkled with this was done so that the color and beauty would not immediately apparent.

understand this, we need to go back to 1912 when egypt was not yet to suffer in states and onto the british control. archaeologist from france, england and germany was scouring the land and search of the treasures to the museums this fight. it was common practice facts. and just as the children state didn't have the means of the resources, i was prepared to allow the excavation campaigns on the condition that half of the objects would ultimately remain in egypt by one such a contract was secured by jim and entrepreneur, jane seemed a wealthy patron of building museums, he used his fortune to finance excavations my german audiologist looked fixed boycotts on december 6th, 1912, the g mega sensational discovery until l. amana on the nile. the full part was over joyce, when it came time for them to produce department to design the funds. the boss went to germany and as compensation, a wind, ulta piece remained in egypt moving, advise after months that has been speculation that the boss may have been sprinkled with this was done so that the carla and beauty would not immediately apparent. so it

: british cromel, american sherman, and this soviet t-34.'s right. dogs 100. last year, the australian tim shaddock went on a yacht from mexico towards polynesia, but was caught in a storm for 3 months. man and dog. you get the code for andrey andrey, the theme is airplanes, the bet is 500, here are four airplanes, which of them the famous night witches flew on, apparently the first one is still, absolutely right, that’s two each. he's y2. andrey. traces 200. the traces of these ancient animals in western australia were considered by local tribes to be traces of mara, idolization. dinosaur tracks. further. trails 100. this trail appears in the atmosphere from a moving aircraft. air? it’s all called, well , in my opinion, it’s the same thing, well, air, it’s also trosh, in my opinion, it’s not the same thing, okay, ok, kirill, inversion, inversion, absolutely right, yes, no questions, i’m wrong, dogs 400, auction, 1,200 for you, 1,400 for andrey, 2,900 for gleb, let’s say 800, andrey, vabank. we play with gleb. this director had an alaskan ma

the victoria and albert museum has recruited four british swifties to become the first taylor swift superfan for the role after it was advertised earlier this year. a number of objects on loan from swift's personal archive will go on display temporarily at the museum in south kensington this summer. let's take a look at the tubes now. now onto the weather. good morning. after an mild, good morning. afteran mild, muggy night, it is a warm summary day and hot with plenty of sunshine and high pressure remaining in charge. a few patches of mist and fog clearing this morning but plenty of sunshine, some fair weather cloud bubbling into the afternoon, staying dry and temperatures climbing to the high 20s, temperatures climbing to the high 205, 30 temperatures climbing to the high 20s, 30 or 31 temperatures climbing to the high 20s, 30 or31 in temperatures climbing to the high 20s, 30 or 31 in some spots with southerly winds. a fine evening to come, clearskies southerly winds. a fine evening to come, clear skies and another mild and muggy night with more clout in the early hours. temperatures holdi

museum. >> two greek organizations at dartmouth college have been suspended after a student's deathed as possible hazing. the body of 20 year old huan jiang was found in a nearby river after a social event. his cause of death not yet determined, the school says his fraternity was already on alcohol related probation, and now to a groundbreaking medical procedure. >> it is giving a cancer patient a new outlook on life. >> you can hear my voice right now. two months ago, i couldn't talk a massachusetts man now has his voice back after a rare surgery. >> marty killian is the first ever cancer patient to undergo a total larynx transplant. i want people to know this can be done, and it's a process, but it's worth it. the 59 year old was part of a study aimed at opening the life changing operation to more patients. >> i said, no matter what, gina, i'm getting my voice back. >> while the organ may be known as the voice box, it's also vital for breathing and swallowing. but some doctors do not embrace the surgery because people can survive without a larynx. and organ transplants can be risk

an accident with their bare hands, rolling out onto the roadway a museum car, a small car made in theo casualties, the baton of atrocities was picked up in the homeland of the losers, the crowd in manchester pulled out root road signs, in russia they celebrated... the nation's favorite fisherman's day. in one of the most fishing regions of the astrakhan region , the central event of the holiday was the ukha festival. a festive town unfolded on the central embankment of astrakhan, where participants competed in preparing the famous fish dish. at the same time , the young population of setrovs was released into the water. this is a favorite holiday throughout the country, and it is certainly celebrated especially widely in our region. i would like to treat ours more carefully. a challenge not to give up, bahar has to work twice as hard as others, every mistake provokes a scandal, you are about to kill someone, from now on you are forbidden to administer the medicine yourself, it is clear that failures one after another can cost bahar not only his job, but also his family , her relatives

today it goes down in history, turning into a museum exhibit, and a century and a half ago it was calledl tell you that the light bulb was invented by heinrich. the british will call joseph swan goebel, the americans thomas edison, but the russian inventor alexander ladygin was the first to manufacture and patent a lamp in its familiar form. it was his light bulb that showed stable operation, was the first to leave the walls of the laboratory and began to illuminate entire areas of life. from 1872 to 1874, ladygin constantly conducted experiments in st. petersburg, events no less than the premiere there in the theater. he created lamps for dining rooms and corridors. for railways, lamps that can work underwater. ladygin will understand that in order for the lamp to burn longer, a vacuum is needed inside the flask to keep the inert gas even longer. in his research, he will go from a charcoal thread made of baked bamboo to that same tungsten spiral, but an inventor, not a businessman by nature, could not build a gigantic production facility. his patents were bought by general electric. and

that they are going to create, american and british magazines and newspapers will definitely go there in the wires somewhere, so they brought her here, the most amazing thing is this one antenna, this is an antenna for direct communication with satellites, with satellites, of course, american ones, and the coordinates of targets are entered here from satellites, but ukraine has no satellites, who is fighting with us, it’s clear, yes, on the ukrainian body armor on... the last name is written: the owner is alive and well, fate brought us together a few hours later. here. now there are several dozen of them, those who were smart enough to surrender in time and do not resist the assault brigade are veterans, they were allowed to talk to two of them, well , now we’ll talk, i’ll find out what they’re up to did you count? reznik sergei vasilyevich, who left his bulletproof vest on the front line, got to the front straight from the street, went to the store to buy bread, where the ukrainian military registration and enlistment office grabbed it, and shares his own. where this is war now, it

joining us today from the fighter factory museum in virginia beach and sponsored by the lynchburg regional airshow, the super marine spitfire mark nine. [applause] [planes flying overhead] >> number three commander. the order on which the greatest stress has been laid was get off the beach, so we just moved up. in passing, i saw the skipper, my commanding officer, who had landed next to us on the ride to hq. i cannot think of anything better to do, so i saluted him. it must have been the only salute on the beach on d-day. there were mortar bombs exploding continuously. they were like balls of fire sailing through the sky, burning globes in formation. that's what we called the sobbing sister. rocket fired mortars fired on our frame at the time. when they hit, they ignited. our brigadier was walking about the area urging people on. he seems to be a man perfectly at ease and shouts and noise and general did not seem to bother him at all. he was panting and catching his breath while dragging his bagpipes as well as other equipment. he was very calm and carried no weapons other than his call 25

can't escape hearing about it on an almost daily basis in the media and in our museums.d, the british empire had the fewest, if i can say , atrocities than any other say, atrocities than any other empire. and the nothing in this world is black and white, and we focus too much on the on the, on the dark side of empire. but nothing has done more than capitalism and colonialism for lifting the world out of poverty. and it's important to note, you know, that, for example, in india, it was the british empire that abolished sooty, the burning of hindu widows on the funeral pyre that allowed hindu widows to remarry, stop the infanticide of girls, try to eradicate fgm in east africa. it was the british who tried to abolish human sacrifice in africa, linked to witchcraft and witch doctors rituals, something, unfortunately, which continues in zimbabwe, in uganda and mali, and mozambique today. you know, head hunting in new zealand that the british put out, you know, steven pinker, the professor of harvard university, has has said written very clearly that life in pre—colonial stat

the bamboo blight invading british homes.how you can find the fun this summer without the fear of breaking the bank. ba nk. lots of bank. lots of heavy rain around. but it is getting better. more sunshine later, a few showers, and later this week someone. “ some —— some warmth. good morning. it's tuesday, the 16th ofjuly. our main story. relatives of the missing tourist jay slater are waiting to find out if a body found on tenerife is his. it's almost a month since the 19—year—old, from lancashire, disappeared after attending a music festival. spanish police say all the evidence suggests the body is his, but formal identification is yet to take place. joe inwood has the latest. it was in the deep ravines near the last known location of jay slater, that search and rescue teams found human remains, along with the missing i9—year—old's clothes and possessions.

so robbie's idea rewarded on a day when so many british plans came together.ts first hearing later this morning. 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, were murdered in the real ira attack. it was the single worst atrocity of thirty years of violence in northern ireland, known as the troubles. police are urgently searching for a six—year—old girl who has gone missing in greenwich. eudine was last seen alone on cctv at around midday yesterday. she is thought to be wearing light pink pyjamas and carrying a white shoulder bag. officers say they are extremely concerned for her welfare. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, is expected to set out proposals today to overhaul planning rules in england. she'll say the government is reinstating local house—building targets scrapped under the conservatives. she'll also explain how some parts of the green belt will be redefined as grey belt, to allow for more developments. riot police in venezuela have fired rubber bullets at protesters in the capital as thousands demonstrate against the official outcome o

and the idea for the museum is to have three sections, including the making of the british nation stateo 1950, and then the growth of euroscepticism, and then, of course, the 2016 referendum and the aftermath to our exit at the end of january. in 2020. and they'll also be a part on the special relationship gallery, focusing on us links to the united kingdom and to tell me all about it. i'm delighted to say i'm joined in the studio by the head of the museum of brexit, mr lee rotherham. lee rotherham. what a fantastic brexiteer name for starters. so tell me, where did the name the idea for all this come come from and when are you going to open up right ? up right? >> it came from a conversation i had with some old friends and colleagues who decided that between us, the subject matter that was really important, that at that stage things were already being binned and lost, and we decided that things need to be preserved for future record and for the debate to be, you know, recorded, and it's been a bit of a bit of a project. >> much, much it's taken much more, much longer and much more effo