to greece. treasures in london and others in athens was like cutting the mona lisa in half. for the uninitiated — the elgin marbles are a collection of ancient greek sculptures removed from greece to britain by agents working for an aristocrat called thomas bruce, seventh earl of elgin. elgin stated he removed the sculptures with permission of the ottoman officials, who exercised authority in athens at the time — others disagree. their presence in the british museum is the subject of longstanding international controversy. the british government and the museum have argued their return would set a precedent which could undermine the collections of museums worldwide. 0ur political editor chris mason reports on a political row with ancient origins. we can now speak to greek classical archaeologist ioannis smyrnaios, who joins us from athens. we were going through some of the history of the parthenon sculptures, as we should say. first of all, what has the reaction been where you are in greece to th

greece went through a lot, a very painful time. we will never, ever relive these difficult times, but i think we proven that you can drive high-growth and reasonably reduce taxes at the same time with very healthy public finances. and i do expect our debt to gdp to continue to decline significantly. of course, this will give us the fiscal space to make sure we ensure markets that we are serious and pay part of our debt ahead of time. francine: how difficult is this with cost-of-living? >> the cost of living is very difficult to us. it hit the poor segments of the society, disproportionately hard. two points, we have low-inflation that most european countries and we are successful in using targeted measures to help those in greater need. we resisted the temptation to lower the taxes. now i'm happy to see that lots of the studies are coming out now point out exact to the fact that it does not lead to a reduction in inflation. just give us a fiscal space to use targeted measures, we will continue these targeted measures when it comes

no, it belongs to greece. let's return the marbles to greece.y and let's do so before we're pushed into it. >> beautiful imagery. there be vivid imagery the tessa thank you very much indeed for your time. tessa dunlop is one of the most recent members of the british committee for the reunification parthenon reunification of the parthenon marbles. also marbles. tessa dunlop and also we whittock there, we have martin whittock there, historian and author multiple historian and author of multiple books. historian and author of multiple books . thank you very much for books. thank you very much for your time. >> gosh, i think we could have kept that debate going a kept that debate going for a very long time. i want to ask about lord, legal or about the lord, the legal or the fact greece didn't exist fact that greece didn't exist when we took him but legally acquired them, i should say. but some come before acquired them, i should say. but s(p.m, come before acquired them, i should say. but s(p.m, itv come before acquired them, i should say. but s(p.m

we've also seen specific transactions in greece like the one disinvestment from greece, the nationalk of greece, which is a big chunk. >> i also cover unicredit, so i heard the other side of the story. >> it went exceptionally well. that means the market has appetite. i think if you have large transactions of this sort, we hopefully will have the athens airport listing in the first quarter of next year. this attracts enough attention, it galvanizes interest, it galvanizes capital. it's supporting factors. you never know. leaving something on the table, coming with good valuation is key in all of this. >> potential airport stockmarket listing as soon as q1, q2 next year is interesting. but i think there's something to be said for the halo effect. as you say, once you start having more of these successful listings, then other companies would be drawn in to participate as well. >> the usual patterns, you have nothing or you have a lot. yes, that's the bet here. >> let me ask you about geopolitical uncertainties. interestingly we've been interviewing various ceos. we had a guest on a cou

so i think i think greece back greece just want them back because greece says they're ours.ith with ours. and a meeting with with i'm try this the prime i'm going to try this the prime minister greece, kyriakos minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis aukus, thank you very much . and he was snubbed by the much. and he was snubbed by the prime minister here in the uk because he don't want to meet with him because he knew that the going turn the meeting was going to turn into we want our marbles back. they're talk about they're supposed to talk about the on how greece the wars going on and how greece is how well is contributing and how well athens now that's owned athens is doing now that's owned by maybe, maybe by the chinese and maybe, maybe we the we can sell palestine to the chinese because, i mean, from the river to the sea, palestine should be free think, to should be free is, i think, to i think that's you're asking for too off is the too much. i think 20% off is the most hope palestine. most we can hope for palestine. and you deal, the chinese and you make a deal, the c

so i think i think greece back greece just want them back because greece says they're ours.ith with ours. and a meeting with with i'm try this the prime i'm going to try this the prime minister greece, kyriakos minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis aukus, thank you very much . and he was snubbed by the much. and he was snubbed by the prime minister here in the uk because he don't want to meet with him because he knew that the going turn the meeting was going to turn into we want our marbles back. they're talk about they're supposed to talk about the on how greece the wars going on and how greece is how well is contributing and how well athens now that's owned is contributing and how well atithe now that's owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese now that's owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese andv that's owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese and maybe, owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese and maybe, maybe by the chinese and maybe, maybe we to the we can sell palestine to the chinese because, i mean, from the to the sea, palest

the diplomat claimed that he had permission from the ottoman empire, who ruled in tukha in greece., who even violated the law in force at that time on the withdrawal of cultural property, he lied, he deceived governor. and he took it out. the prophenon frieze, part of the prophenon sculptures, and a small part of the architectural decoration, in particular the capital and base of several colonies, that is, yes, we can say that he stole them. as a result, lord elgen sold the marbles for 3,500 pounds sterling in britain, almost from the moment of independence in 1830, greece began to demand the marbles back, since this issue is raised regularly in greece, the british museum does not give it. permission to exhibit them in other countries. meanwhile scythian gold from crimean museums is being unpacked in kiev. ukrainian experts valued the collection at $15 million, although it was, of course, studied long ago and assessed by soviet art historians. in contrast to the scythian gold, where the question of museum ownership comes into play. and in this sense, the british are in their right,

so i think i think greece back greece just want them back because greece says they're ours.ith with ours. and a meeting with with i'm try this the prime i'm going to try this the prime minister greece, kyriakos minister of greece, kyriakos mitsotakis aukus, thank you very much . and he was snubbed by the much. and he was snubbed by the prime minister here in the uk because he don't want to meet with him because he knew that the going turn the meeting was going to turn into we want our marbles back. they're talk about they're supposed to talk about the on how greece the wars going on and how greece is how well is contributing and how well athens now that's owned is contributing and how well atithe now that's owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese now that's owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese andv that's owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese and maybe, owned is contributing and how well atithe chinese and maybe, maybe by the chinese and maybe, maybe we to the we can sell palestine to the chinese because, i mean, from the to the sea, palest

in greece.cellation of a meeting in downing street has caused anger in athens with one minister saying it was an insult to all greeks, amid growing calls for the marbles to be returned to this very place. joy in india as 41 construction workers are freed from the tunnel they've been trapped in for more than a fortnight. and fragments from a 4.5 billion year old asteroid now in the uk for analysis — they could hold clues about the origins of life on earth. on newsnight at 1030, michael gold in the covid—19 inquiry for the appearance of borisjohnson. is the inquiry becoming a stage for a score settling? good evening. 12 more hostages have been released from gaza tonight — bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. it comes on the fifth day of the extended truce between israel and hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. this evening a red cross convoy brought out the latest hostages — ten israelis and two foreign nationals all now safely back on israeli soil — in

and no one is with the, with the term and he thinks have to be returned to greece. and we hope that uh that, uh, probably the industry we took me to attack these raises the issue with, with the terms well, as western governments remain determined to provide massive financing for cubes, military, some people at home have been raising questions about the rising costs. when major supported germany currently faces of potential budget crisis and chancellor, all, i've schultz found himself being laughed at when trying to defend his record on spending years. r t contributor rachel marsden was her take on the story. or hey, well, you know, it turns out the, maybe it was such a good idea for german chancellor, a lot schultz to just stand him to don't written on his face beside us. president joe biden last year. well, why didn't really threaten journeys and yours energy line? why we're talking about the word stream pipeline that we're carry cheap, rushing into your because it turns out that the, so mr. mark is taking it to russia and present it wire, put in instead ended up s

belong to greece, don't they? >> probably in greece.hat probably shouldn't be in there. >> was a long time let's >> it was a long time ago. let's face it. and you start giving things like that back and then you where do you end? >> i would have definitely gone to the meeting, you know , i to the meeting, you know, i can't go wrong. >> i should have should have met him. >> really? yeah. yeah >> really? yeah. yeah >> you're not going to get anything out about cancelling . anything out about cancelling. you're to get any you're not going to get any resolution you. are resolution there are you. are you at you going to do is dictate at where so they need where keeping them so they need to some compromise to come to some compromise somewhere and do somewhere along the line. and do you was wrong? you think that was wrong? >> do you think he should have met? >> do you think he should have me' it very wrong. >> it was very wrong. >> it was very wrong. >> would say rishi sunak >> would you say rishi sunak lost marbles this morning? lost his marbl

and no one is with the, with the term and he thinks have to be returned to greece. and we hope that uh that, uh, private industry, we took me to a dock just raises the issue with, with the tournament the system to the russian president who was a member of the official delegation that took part in the initial piece starts with ukraine, has been speaking out about the process that follows revelations from one of 2, i was think it was, she enters about who might have been pulling your train strings high in the scenes . sorry to visions and ask if this was president of the landscape who introduced the law, that for business associations with russia, there's a team who does not want peace. minsky statement, really echo something that we heard last week from david are asking me, or who is the head of ukraine's ruling party. he said that piece could have been achieved back in 2022 if key of had just agreed to remain neutral and stay out of nato. of course, our communities said that's the key of couldn't have decided to do this because the russians couldn't be trusted. but

belong to greece, don't they? >> probably in greece. probably shouldn't be in there. >> was a long time let's >> it was a long time ago. let's face it. and you start giving things like that back and then you where do you end? >> i would have definitely gone to the meeting, you know , i to the meeting, you know, i can't go wrong. >> i should have should have met him. >> really? yeah. yeah >> really? yeah. yeah >> you're not going to get anything out about cancelling . anything out about cancelling. you're to get any you're not going to get any resolution you. are resolution there are you. are you at you going to do is dictate at where so they need where keeping them so they need to some compromise to come to some compromise somewhere and do somewhere along the line. and do you was wrong? you think that was wrong? >> do you think he should have met? >> do you think he should have me' it very wrong. >> it was very wrong. >> it was very wrong. >> would say rishi sunak >> would you say rishi sunak lost marbles this morning? lost his marbles

and no one is with with the term and he thinks have to be returned to greece. and we hope that uh that, uh, probably the industry we took me to attack these raises the issue with, with the turbans allowed to see earlier where the government has branded recent insights in other countries. capital and i tempted to revolt site and 20 people killed and up to 2000 inmates scapes. during a solar on a medicine compound, a prison, and other locations. and free time. the government laid the blame on a more difficult renegade soldiers. the country is present and claimed in an address that most of the community does have been arrested and efforts to round up the rest of the way. the west african states minutes of information as to begin education told us the situation is now. com and the capital we know that's in the early hours of november 26th and sunday. the peace and quiet of 5. 60 and citizens were disrupted by owner sealants at the time who attacked various sensitive security installations across the city. approximately 2 amory. they attempted to attack our military

at this meeting, the prime minister of greece planned to discuss the return of the country's sculpturesorthenon. they have been stored since the beginning of the 19th century. museum, they were taken out by the british envoy in constantinople, who received permission from the authorities of the ottoman empire, who ruled greece at that time. the director of the state museum of fine arts named after pushkin, elizaveta likhacheva, is in touch with us, izovet stanislavna. hello, this is an interesting topic, please tell me, now this diplomatic scandal has flared up with the statues of porthenon, but this is not the first time the greeks have raised this question. is it really possible call it a theft that the british took antique statues to britain back then ? yes, you can, lord elgin, who clavoziu, violated even the law in force at that time on the export of cultural property, he lied to the governor, the frieze of the phenon, and part of the sculptures from the pediments of the prophenon, and a small part of the architectural decoration, in particular. and a base on several columns, that

in the thirtieth year, greece began to demand the marbles back, since this issue is raised by greecesh museum does not give permission to exhibit them in other countries. meanwhile, in kiev , scythian gold from crimean museums is being unpacked. ukrainian specialists collection was estimated at 15 million dollars, although it, of course, had been studied long ago by soviet art critics. in contrast to the scythian gold, where the question of museum ownership comes into play. and in this sense, the british are in their right, because in no museum, and the parthinon marbles were not stored at the time of their removal from greece, or rather from the territory of the ottoman empire, they were simply lying on the ditches, there was no museum institution there, the first the only museum institution in which these marbles have ever existed is the british museum. at the beginning of the 20th century, a new acropolis museum was built, precisely so that greece would have another argument to demand the sculpture of phidias back, but all experts unanimously say that the museum will not give anyt

the views of greece on the parthenon, sculptures are well known. whoever believes in the correctness and justice of his views is never afraid of opposing arguments. spots. what is the embrace? who language has been running on the decades? athens was the positive on the stands is also known as the l. the marble of a ton to grease from where they would take and the 19th century. so, but as for me, is the most of the faces ownership paintings of other places, artifact from countries including nigeria and egypt. but london argues that return would represent a quote slippery slope one form of greek, a mass of the says the u. k is not the only thing con fee which is refusing to have back items that right has to be, belong to the race. it was a diplomatic mistake from the point of view of the, of the british prime minister, greece is an ally of the united kingdom. they have, we have a very good relationship with it. so it was stopped a proper way of, uh, reacting and today to the times i had an article saying that the attitude marble should be put on display at their natural habitat if she

and no one is with the, with the term and he thinks have to be returned to greece. and we hope that uh that, uh, private industry we took me to a diag just raises the issue with, with the treatment of the western governments remain determined to provide a mass of financing for cabins military. some people at home have been raising questions about the rising costs and major support or german, a currently faces a potential budget crisis and transfer all. i've schultz found himself being laughed at when trying to defend his record on spending our to contributor rachel marsden has the story. hey, well you know, it turns out the maybe it wasn't such a good idea for jasper laptops to just stand the dumb written on his face beside us . president joe biden last year. well, why didn't really threatened journeys and europe's energy lifeline. we're talking about the words feed pipeline that we're carry fresh into europe because it turns out that that will go mr. mark is taking it to russia and present it wire, put in instead ended up sticking it to germans who are now literall

actions took place in other cities of greece.articipants celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of student protests, which 1973 led to the fall of the us-backed military junta in greece. this year, in addition to their usual slogans, they added other demands for freedom for palestine and the lifting of existing sanctions against cuba and venezuela. and in san francisco, police detained more than 80 people in connection with protests that took place on the eve of and during the atc summit. the protesters opposed the ats event in the city, as well as in support of palestine. kiev continues to fall out of the global information agenda, and western interest is melting before our eyes. ukraine will not receive new aid from the united states until mid- december and perhaps even until next year, reports bloomberg. the publication notes that broad support for the kiev regime is already bursting at the seams, because the counter-offensive in the ssu has reached a dead end. most likely, the us congress will be able to finalize approval of a n

greece has had to grapple with migrants — having me.. greece has had to grapple with migrants arriving on its shores i with migrants arriving on its shores but you have cut the numbers and not so long ago the home secretary until recently visited samos in the aegean sea and she said she thought the uk had a lot to learn from greece so do you think there are things we have to learn? igrate you think there are things we have to learn? ~ ., , ., to learn? we have implemented a to er for to learn? we have implemented a topper for migration _ to learn? we have implemented a topper for migration policy - to learn? we have implemented a topper for migration policy which l topper for migration policy which starts with the fundamental premise you need to limit the number of boats leaving the shores of turkey and we have been able to do that successfully, granted or geography is different to yours so maybe some analogies may not be relevant but they have been able to significantly reduce the number of people arriving on the greek islands which of

tonight. >> i'm from greece , from greece . >> i'm from greece, from greece. >> i'm from greece, from greece. >> i'm from greece, from greece. >> i thought poland is wayward. >> i thought poland is wayward. >> teenage sons until it does. >> teenage sons until it does. >> no, no. it'sjust cool, >> no, no. it's just cool, though, isn't he.7 unbelievably though, isn't he? unbelievably cool. though, isn't he? unbelievably cool . that's rare. you wouldn't cool. that's rare. you wouldn't believe he's actually eight years older than you anyway, let's have a look at monday's front pages. the daily mail leads with no war cries . oh, no leads with no war cries. oh, no angry chants, just solidarity with the uk's fearful jews , as with the uk's fearful jews, as the guardian has hopes israel and hamas truce can hold as third exchange takes place . as third exchange takes place. as the i leads with millions face higher taxes until election in the mirror has the great showman talking about their we'll talk about them later. and the daily star. also with farewell to tell and those were your front pag

tonight. >> i'm from greece , from greece . >> i'm from greece, from greece. >> i'm from greece, from greece. >> i'm from greece, from greece. >> i thought poland is wayward. >> i thought poland is wayward. >> teenage sons until it does. >> teenage sons until it does. >> no, no. it'sjust cool, >> no, no. it's just cool, though, isn't he.7 unbelievably though, isn't he? unbelievably cool. though, isn't he? unbelievably cool . that's rare. you wouldn't cool. that's rare. you wouldn't believe he's actually eight years older than you anyway, let's have a look at monday's front pages. the daily mail leads with no war cries . oh, no leads with no war cries. oh, no angry chants, just solidarity with the uk's fearful jews , as with the uk's fearful jews, as the guardian has hopes israel and hamas truce can hold as third exchange takes place . as third exchange takes place. as the i leads with millions face higher taxes until election in the mirror has the great showman talking about their we'll talk about them later. and the daily star. also with farewell to tell and those were your front pag

greece's views on the treasure of the parthinon are well known.t i would have the opportunity to discuss them with my british colleague, along with other international issues. the greek prime minister has every reason to be offended. but it looks like he also got caught up in internal british proceedings. the meeting was canceled while mitsatakis was having dinner with opposition leader keir starmer. in greek the press previously claimed that starmer. quite flexible position on the issue of the return of sculptures. in athens they clearly hope that if he becomes prime minister, the issue will be resolved positively. therefore, in explaining sunok’s refusal to meet with the greek leader, sources in the ruling conservative party purposefully kicked the opposition leader, who, judging by the ratings, is closer than ever to real power. our position on this issue is clear, the elgin marbles are part of the permanent collection british museum and belong to it. reckless. for any british politician to suggest that this could be negotiated. in fact, such n

pretty much ever since, greece has wanted them back.mitsotakis beating the labour leader keir starmer, but then stood up by rishi sunak, prompting a domestic and international row. the greek government is baffled by what is happening and the argument is making plenty of noise increase. translation: for sure it's been translation: for sure it's been noted as an individual behaviour of the prime minister, a —1 which we express our intent dissatisfaction. here at the british museum in london, where the marbles are, they are considering lending them to athens and downing street claimed the greek prime minister making the case for this publicly at the weekend and rishi sunak to cancel his meeting with him, but on display also, skip falls of domestic politics. this is a row about heritage and about culture, what is a british and is displayed in the uk, what isn't and shouldn't be. but primarily this is a row about politics, because the conservatives and labour have a different instinct on this. the government set out its position about the el

well, it is, it is ancient greece, the point is, no, ancient greece is the greeks, that means the achaeansaced with blue eyes, yes, but who is there now? they came yours for a minute, let's think and let's draw those paths so that it doesn't turn out that we came with them, because the achaeans remained only in sparta, there were also lots, if you remember, this is a remnant, a small remnant , because they were all beaten, they are proud of the gamer, but the gamer is achaeus, yes, and the only thing that i will say directly, i was offended by almost all of them, they are orthodox in terms of christianity. yes, and they did not destroy it sculpture, they didn’t destroy their culture, it’s true, but they are proud that they practically created europe, yes, they created, yes, and that affected me, and i made a whole series just like that, that’s what here, here, you see veles , yes, ugh, i created a whole series of 40 or so huge sculptures, not an order, not a contract, i invested my money there, because the formwork... from lithuania and so on, this is huge money, i invested and did it, for

. imagine greece.olland, went the nazi ruler of holland, went over dutch nazi ruler and over to the dutch nazi ruler and made an agreement to steal, i don't know, rembrandt's night watch, for example. and so that's fine. the dutch were under occupation by the nazis . under occupation by the nazis. the americans came and bought something from the nazis. oh, yes, that's fine. take it off and off you go. is is that reasonable? because that's what happenedin reasonable? because that's what happened in greece, right? okay john bruce, lord elgin came over and made a deal with the ottomans. he made a deal with the ottomans and he took the marbles away. now, originally the greeks were happy this the greeks were happy with this because the because it would save the marbles. for example, you marbles. so if, for example, you had and you said, had a fire, bev, and you said, tonya, my paintings, put tonya, take my paintings, put them and look after them in your loft and look after them in your loft and look after t

morning because of what we are seeing happening in palestine and in all the demonstrations we had in greece and we had lot because our government may fall follow the european politics, the eu politics and the us politics, but the people are in the streets from day one about this genocide that we're watching happening in front of our eyes, it's... something that i discuss with people and it's a general feeling, we feel that we can do nothing as human beings to stop that slaughter, and this is the worse of all, because we have no one to talk to, we have the exceptionalism of both israelis and the us against us and we just have our humanity, the only thing we have to answer today this, what's happening is our humanity, which they try to take a from us too, let me ask you this as well, you talked about the uh exceptionalism of the us and and israel against the rest of us. benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, thanked the us recently, and its allies for providing israel a diplomatic, quote unquote iron dome, um, you know, basically shooting down, all criticism, of israel and on the oth

morning because of what we are seeing happening in palestine and in all the demonstrations we had in greece and we had lot because our government may fall follow the european politics, the eu politics and the us politics, but the people are in the streets from day one about this genocide that we're watching happening in front of our eyes, something that i discuss with people and it's a general feeling, we feel that we can do nothing as human beings to stop that slaughter, and this is the worse of all, because we have no one to talk to, we have the exceptionalism of both israelis and the us against us and we just have our humanity, the only thing we have to answer to this, what's happening is our humanity, which they try to take. from us too. let me ask you this as well, you talked about the uh exceptionalism of the us and and israel against the rest of us. benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, thanked the us recently, and its allies for providing israel a diplomatic quote unquote iron dome. um, you know, basically shooting down, all criticism, of israel and only other cover that i

kolomani and fofana scored for france, and bakassas and leonidis scored for greece. greek teams with 13, iran with 6 and gibraltar with no points were next . in group 8, the distance between the two teams that have already advanced, romania and switzerland , ended with romania's victory 1-0. denisic scored the only goal of this game scored in the other match, belarus beat kosovo by one goal. at the end of the euro 20 group stage, the teams of spain, scotland, france, netherlands, england, italy, turkey, croatia, germany , czech republic, belgium, hungary, serbia, denmark, slovenia, romania , switzerland, portugal and slovakia advanced to the final stage . and 11 teams from georgia, greece, ukraine, wales, poland, estonia, finland, kazakhstan, luxemburg, iceland, and besni made it to the elimination stage , of which three teams advanced to the final stage . the final stage of the euro 20 games will be held from june 25 to july 6 next year in the 2026 world cup qualifying football , our country's national team won with the images of our country's football in its second

dadomi and fofana scored for france, and bakas and ioannidis scored for greece .group two, the french teams advanced with 22, the netherlands with 18 points, and the greek teams with 13, and iran with 6 and c and tariq were placed in the next ranks without points. in the 8th group, the match between the two already qualified teams, romania and switzerland, ended with a 1-0 victory for romania with a single goal. in the other game of this group, belarus won against kosovo with a goal. denmark, slovenia, romania, switzerland, portugal and slovakia advanced to the final stage, and 11 teams from georgia, greece, ukraine, wales, poland, estonia, funland, kazakhstan, luxemburg, iceland and bosnia made it to the elimination stage, among which the team will advance to the final stage. the final stage of the euro 20 games will be held from june 25 to july 6 next year. to be held in germany, according to the latest statistics published by the national license portal on november 24, the ministry of sports and youth has delayed 38 and 88 percent in issuing licenses to the own

greece wants the artefacts back. it does become very complicated. i love the british museum. story in india as well, where a big story in india as well, where a lot of people want some of the items, including the crown jewels. anneke anton, we�*ll be back after a short break. this is the context. there is more on our story —— anna and tom. do stay with us here on the context. hello again. we had more sunshine around today, but it�*s getting cold very quickly now where we have those clear skies. it feels cold enough already, but the next few days are going to get even colder, more frost around. few wintry showers, but for many places, the next few days are going to be dry. colder air, though, is coming down from scandinavia and it follows this weather front here, which is moving its way southward, bringing some showers. but it�*s across northern scotland and also across some north—eastern parts of england, away from the coast that we�*re going to see some snow and icy conditions. maybe up to five centimetres over higher routes in northern scotland, a centimetre or two in the f

an escalating row between britain and greece over the parthenon sculptures or elgin marbles. the greek prime minister is said to be surprised and annoyed rishi sunak cancelled a meeting with him. the inquest opens today into the death of primary school head ruth perry. her family say she took her own life while waiting for an 0fsted report. if there are lessons that can be learned so that no head teacher has to go through what ruth went through, then that would be a positive outcome. and tiny fragments from a 4.5 billion—year—old asteroid arrive in the uk for analysis. could they yield secrets about the origins of life on earth? and coming up on bbc news — another var controversy as wolves manager gary o'neil says bad refereeing is affecting livelihoods and reputations after their defeat at fulham. good afternoon. rescue workers in northern india have finally managed to reach 41 men who've been trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for more than two weeks. a pipe has been pushed through the rubble to bring the men out one by one on wheeled stretchers. relatives are gathered near

, greece is that and service station right, i had very good chance of twisting my ankle right, allahuakbar you now got up and only had was one or two cuts for me and that's it, that was it sandle grip so glued it now so alhamdulillah everything everything is looking good so make man this is the way we come here coming through from london france turkey and this is the mountains we're going over mountains we going over i'm sorry brough you are dangerous funny though this is my leader which t-shirt i like winding him up just keep keep the convoy all the mood up everyone happy for smile on two two the people's faces all human i've been inspired by these convoys and always wanted to go on them but i suppose was a little bit um i was a bit nervous if you like and was a little bit uh afraid but when um those peace activists on the marvy marmora were were murdered by israeli commandos i think that's really when i got so angry over it that it decided it was about time that i really should make a stand over palestine, from the mountains to the sea, palestine will be free, from the mountains to

, greece is that and service station right, had a very good chance of twisting my ankle right, but allahu akbar you now got up and only had was one or two cuts for me, that's everything is looking good so make the man this is the way we come here coming through from london france turkey and this is the mountains we're going over we're going over i'm sorry brough you are dangerous funny though this is my leader winding him up just keep keep the convoy all the mood up everyone happy for smile and two two the people's faces all human i've been inspired by these convoys and always wanted to go on them but suppose was a little bit um i was a bit nervous if you like and was a little bit uh afraid but when um those peace activists on the marvey mammer were were murdered by israeli commandos i think that's really when i got so angry over it that it decided that you know it was about time that i really should make a stand over palestine, from the mountains to the sea, palestine will be free, from the mountains to the sea, palestine will be free. come have look, yes, as you can see, this is what ha

, greece is that and service station, right?ood chance of twisting my ankle, right? but allahu akbar, got up and only had was one or two cuts for me, that's it. you now that was it sandal ripped so glued it now so alhamdulillah you know everything everything is looking good so make make man this is the way we come here coming through from london france turkey and this is the mountains we're going over we're going over i'm sorry brough you are dangerous funny thought this is my my leader winding him up just keep keep the convoy all the mood up everyone happy for smile on two the people's faces all human i've been inspired by these convoys and always wanted to go on them but suppose was a little bit um i was a bit nervous if you like and was a little bit uh afraid but when um those peace activists on the mari mamara were were murdered by israeli commandos i think that's really when i got so angry over that it decided that was about time that i really should make a stand over palestine. from the mountains to the sea, palestine will

rishi sunok refused to meet with his colleague from greece, several hours before it was supposed to takeon for this is not diplomatic demarche, was an interview with kyriakos mitsetakis on the bbc, where he stated that the ancient greek sculptures located in the british museum would look better in the akropo museum in athens. we believe that these works belong to greece and were, quite frankly, stolen, but this is not a question of ownership, this is a question of reunification. where can you best appreciate what is essentially one single monument? it's as if i told you that you need to cut monuliza in two and hang one half in louvre, another in the british museum. you think that this way the audience will be able to appreciate the beauty of the painting, but this is exactly what happened with the parthenon and its sculptures. he planned to raise this issue at a meeting with sunak, but after these words, the british prime minister canceled the negotiations, and then the press war began, the greek publication protothema noted that mitsetakis’s words about the theft of sculptures by the br

and yacht somewhere in greece. and thatis yacht somewhere in greece. and that is what they their belief that is what they their belief that they their conviction is that they their conviction is that these are the people the power brokers, without whom they will not get into power. so they run a mile in the other direction. so is there any chance that we're going to reverse this? >> i mean , the eighth attempt >> i mean, the eighth attempt the government are going to be any less frightened? well, if we go back to the seventh attempt, which was leveson and the stories, some of the stories that we heard, which were truly appalling , we think phone hacking. >> phone hacking wasn't even the half he publishes his half of it. so he publishes his recommendations very moderate. it's just a sort of a regulator thatis it's just a sort of a regulator that is being sort of supervised , that is sort of someone's looking over its shoulder to make sure it's doing the job. no interference in free speech or the press or anything like that at and parliament passes the f

ellos,” said fuel expert robert aures, while analyst victor katona noted that turkish vacuum. stayed in greecence turkey did not impose sanctions against russia, its enterprises have the right accept russian fuel, but greece is prohibited from doing so. in turn, motor oil las claims in its statement that the company does not buy, process or trade russian oil or petroleum products, and all imports have certificates of origin from countries that were not subject to sanctions. let me remind you that. barrels of aviation fuel from motor oil elas went to italy, france, spain and the uk, since march 2022, the pentagon has entered into new contracts with the company worth almost $1 billion. in august 23, the united states warned turkey of the real risk of sanctions if its companies continue to help the russian federation with oil exports. the united states is checking 100 oil tankers due to possible violation of sanctions against russia. some of the tankers were unloading russian oil from the pacific port of kozmino, while others were reloading at the port of primorsk, in the port of primorsk near th

greece, to make such a deal, well, it’s hard for me to speak for the greek government, it’s absolutelything else, we need to achieve an immediate ceasefire and correct the humanitarian situation in the region, all these discussions about hundreds of thousands of refugees, this is in in general... drives the problem deeper, but indeed, in france, we must not forget that 6 million muslims live here at the initial stage, when the government banned pro-palestinian demonstrations, this caused a fairly harsh reaction in public opinion and in fact... without lifting the ban on demonstrations, the government does not interfere with their holding, but there is naturally another part of france that opposes any manifestations anti-semitism, for this sunday, on the initiative of the leaders of the french parliament, such a large manifestation is being prepared, which, again, however, has already begun to cause internal political speculation about which parties should be allowed to attend the demonstration, which ones should not be allowed in, yeah, well, well, i’d like to discuss with you one more

we believe that these works belong to greece and were, frankly speaking, stolen. question of law possession, it is a matter of reunification. where can you best appreciate what is essentially one single monument? it's as if i were to tell you that you should cut the monulisa in two and hang one half in the louvre, the other in the british museum. do you think the audience will be able to appreciate the beauty of the painting this way? but this is exactly what happened with the parthenon and its sculptures. raise him to a meeting with sunok, but, however, after these words, the british prime minister canceled the negotiations. and the british one immediately wrote that for london there was no question of sculptures left the capital of great britain. the results of a large-scale championship of young professionals are being summed up in st. petersburg today ; hundreds of students from technical schools and colleges, from more than 60 regions and even from abroad, competed for the title of the best in the finals. then, as the welders, mechanics, and navigators showed

france, but italy, but sculptures from the acropolis, according to the greek prime minister, belong to greece and should be located there, all this was said by mitsatakis during a visit to the british capital. the british response was immediate. the head of government, richa sunok, canceled his meeting with his greek colleague, and the press, citing sources in the cabinet of ministers, is already writing that any dialogue between london and athens regarding the exchange of cultural property is now impossible, and the british will definitely return no statues. they won’t, this cancellation of the meeting may have quite, let’s say, a tangible internal political reason, greece, as you know, has been demanding the return of the sculptures and reliefs of the parthinon since the proclamation of its independence, that is, for a very long time , rish sunaga is now having additional motives for showing, let’s say, harshness, this gradual approach of the elections to the british parliament is trying, showing here this harshness in relations with the greek side , at least to score political points, to s

, greece is that and service station right, i had very good chance of twisting my ankle right, but allahu got up and only had was one or two cuts for me, that's it. you now that was it sandal grip so glued it now so alhamdulillah everything everything is looking good so make me this is the way we come here coming through from london france turkey and this is the mountains we're going over we're going over you are dangerous funny thought this is my my leader which t-shirt him up, just keep keep the convoy all the mood up, everyone happy for smile and people's faces, it's all human, i've been inspired by these convoys and i always wanted to go on them, but i suppose i was a little bit um, i was a bit nervous if you like and i was a little bit uh afraid, but when um those peace activists on the marvy marmor were were murdered by israeli commandos, i think that's really when i got so angry over it. decided that was about time that i really should make a stand over palestine, from the mountains to the sea, palestine will be free, from the mountains to the sea, palestine will be free. yes as yo

sunok changed his mind about flying to greece after mitsatakis' harsh statements about cultural heritage stolen by britain. almost 350,000 people in the south of the country remain without electricity due to bad weather. the ministry of energy will be able to fully complete restoration work only tomorrow. in st. petersburg, after heavy snowfall, there is a real transport collapse, cars are stuck in traffic jams, pedestrians have difficulty making their way through the snowdrifts, and some prefer to travel on skis. first there were snowstorms, about thirty flights were delayed at pulkovo airport, people waited for several hours for departure. all city services have been transferred to enhanced operating mode. in crimea, after an overnight snowfall. special equipment is paving the way on apetra; on the coast, utility crews are removing tons of garbage and dismantling structures damaged by the elements. a state of emergency has already been introduced in ten districts of the peninsula, and although the high water is gradually receding, many residential buildings are still flooded. more than

we've got above greece. oh, that's terrific . greece. oh, that's terrific. fleet street's heart must be swelling with pride. 2013. oh, we're down again . 2014 to 2015 . we're down again. 2014 to 2015. 2016. oh, come on. 2017, 2018 to the look . the look. >> we're above. we're above north macedonia and greece. oh makes you proud to be english. >> let's see. >> let's see. >> 2019 oh oh . >> 2019 oh oh. >> 2019 oh oh. >> it's not very good really, isn't it ? so >> it's not very good really, isn't it? so why is trust so low in british newspapers ? i think in british newspapers? i think we need an expert. and fortunately we've got one. he's a professor of communications at the university of westminster, and he's steve barnett. and he's actually rather nice . actually rather nice. >> are you got a kitty? >> are you got a kitty? >> you writing? >> you writing? >> i'm going i'm to going hand the kitty over to you. you you can be you can be the kitty. you're the bond villain. now, tell me, steve, why why is trust so low in printed media? and i think there are essenti

the principle was developed to reduce migration pressure in countries such as italy and greece.wentieth year, we saw the official position of the european countries of the european authorities towards refugees, that is, there was a feeling of guilt and a call for other eu countries to invite refugees, including pursuing a tolerant multicultural policy. after twentieth year and how when the conflict began on the border of poland and belarus, the eu authorities decided not to... not to voice this topic, so to speak, but international organizations also somehow closed this topic, and if before that - eu authorities could criticize greece and italy, or sanction refugees on specific issues, but after the twentieth year this issue was closed. and an important point for a correct assessment of everything that is happening on the borders of the european union. according to european legislation. requester an asylum seeker has the right to legally live, study, work in europe, and receive benefits during the period of consideration of his case. the principle of resettling refugees accordin

greece, as you know, is surrounded by seas.s, fish was more accessible than meat, small anchovy, also known as anchou. the poor ate, the rich feasted on eels, and dorado was highly valued. longtime friends, historian panayutis tsaptsanidis and philologist dimitris fatitidis were born and raised in soviet union, and then moved to the homeland of their ancestors, greece. in the wee hours of the morning, they lead me through the old madiana market in thessaloniki to select fish from the night's fresh catch. this is scorpio, the pink gills indicate that she is caught. literally a few hours ago, our friend, fisherman, yorgos, suggested that we buy this dorado for lunch, we bought the fish for a trip to the past, having arrived at the dacha of dimitris panayus for the sake of greater immersion in the era, and simply because he is a cheerful person, dressed up in ancient fashion, i undertook to prepare mackerel in ancient greek style, according to the recipe of the culinary specialist of that time, orchistratus. we wrap it in leaves,

an anti-american demonstration took place in front of the us embassy in athens, greece.participants carried banners, chanted slogans against the united states and nato, and burned an american flag in front of the embassy. the rally participants celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the student protests that led to the fall of the us-backed military junta in greece in 1973. this year, in addition to their usual slogans , others have been added demanding freedom for palestine and the lifting of existing sanctions against cuba and venezuela. test site for the west, an american company is considering the possibility of producing 1220mm tank ammunition in poland. according to the deputy general director of the polish company meska, negotiations are underway . he also noted that the deal should be signed in late december this year or early next year. production is expected to increase to at least 50-70,000 rounds of ammunition per year from the current several thousand. polish politicians continue to worsen relations with their neighbors by escalating the situation on the bor

he spelt out why he thinks they should be returned to greece.ould have half of it at the louvre and half of it at the british museum. do you think your viewers would appreciate the beauty of the painting? this is exactly what happened with the parthenon. putting this gently, this dispute is not exactly new but what is new is that the british museum is exploring the idea of a longer arrangement with greece to return the marbles for at least a while. technically, a loan rather than a permanent move, which doesn't need a change in the law, so it could happen regardless of what politicians had to say, but there's a difference of instinct between the and labour. the conservatives say this meeting are to be cancelled tomorrow because the elgin marbles belong here it is reckless for any british politician to suggest this is subject to negotiation flip who are they referring to? keir starmer because, in his meeting, he said that labour is not a long—standing position, where they wouldn't stand in the wake of the museum, to a loan arrangement if they wer

the prime minister rishi sunak has provoked a diplomatic row with greece.day. and it all centres on the parthenon sculptures, also known as the elgin marbles, which are currently on display in the british museum — but greece wants back. 0ur political editor chris masonjoins me now. how serious is this? it is quite serious because when you see a prime minister on a visit to a country and their meeting with the host prime minister is cancelled, that is going to create waves. all this about the marbles, losing them, keeping them, moving them, it might not seem like the future of these old stones would be at the top of your list of political priorities necessarily, but this is a real dilemma for museums. where is the rightful home for artefacts? and the british museum in london is weighing up potentially lending the marbles to athens. and it is that that is provoking this argument. made almost 500 years before the birth of christ, they've been here in the uk since the 19th century. pretty much ever since, greece has wanted them back. well, they're absolutely st