surveillance by any part of the government during last year's presidential election. very unusually, britain's gchq has issued a statement calling mr trump's allegations complete and utter nonsense, which should be ignored. a bbc crew and severaljournalists had to run for cover when they were caught on mt etna, in sicily, as it erupted. etna has been active for a few days, but the scale of this ten people were injured. activists say at least a0 people have been killed in north—west syria, where a mosque was hit by an airstrike duringeven% - -. the british—based syrian observatory for human rights says the mosque was in a village held by anti—government rebels. an estimated 20 million people in britain have at least one tattoo. it is an industry reported to be worth £100 million a year, and now a new exhibition at the national maritime museum, cornwall, hopes to persuade visitors to see body art as fine art. our arts editor will gompertz has

been to falmouth to take a look. tattoos, as you know, are all the rage nowadays. there is more choice than ever. you've got the geometric, all—over design, the star wars stormtropper, and of course, your classic love heart. do you know what, lal, i'm as pleased as punch with that. thanks very much. you're welcome. back in the late ‘70s, lal hardy made his living tattooing iconoclastic punks. celebrating his artform. times have changed. i think the perception of tattoos has changed, because there is so much fantastic artwork out there. i mean, every genre and subject is covered with tattooing now. there's so much beautiful stuff. you know, there isn't a stigma, like there used to be, attached to it anymore.

charts, as well as taking on what the curators feel are common misconceptions. we start with disspelling the myth that captain cook brought tattooing back to britain. british people had been tattooed for hundreds of years before. and we start to see evidence of that in the pilgram tattoos that people were going to have in the middle east, when they were going out in the pilgrimages in the 1600s. this is one of my favourite parts of the exhibition. we're trying to challenge the idea that tattooing is gender or class—specific. it's notjust people that are getting tattooed, but also who was tattooing, as well. in a circus sharp—shooting act. now she's at the business end of the target no more. it must have been really hard for her, tattooing in what was predominantly a man's world at the time, in as early as the ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s. but her art is so beautiful, and it has a real feminine quality to it. so the exhibition finishes with 100 hands. it's a snapshot of what's

happening in britain, and i think it shows notjust the diversity of styles, but the true beauty and artistic quality of tattoo art now. not everybody will agree with that appraisal. tattoos are still contentious. some see them as a symbol of moral decline, an image this exhibition seeks to alter by presenting them as an expression of artistic sensibility. of course, mine wasn't a real tattoo. lal hardy said, if ijust rub it with this, it'll come... lal, lal... now on bbc news, it is time for the travel show. coming up on the programme this week, i'm on an arctic adventure deep in finnish lapland. i hang out with a rapper who is helping to preserve a nearly extinct arctic language. and i get possibly too close to a reindeer round—up.

hello and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan. this week we are in the north of finland. to be precise, we are in inari, home to the indigenous sami people whose culture and language is under threat. i have come here to spend time with the sami people to see how tourism is saving their culture. finnish lapland is as close as it gets to a winter wonderland.

0veri million tourists come here every year in search of the northern lights, from the north of norway, sweden, finland and the far north—eastern part of russia. there are around 6000 samis left in this part of finland and here they are known as the inari because they live around lake inari, 250 kilometres north of the arctic circle. i have never been so far north. after landing in the town of ivalo, just a 1.5 hourflight from helsinki, i meet my first inari friend. hi!

welcome to finland. iamjohanna. look at your outfit! you look amazing! thank you. is this our transport? yes. it will be our transport for this trip. we have so much planned for you. that is the way forward. it is really warm. life here must be quite difficult. there is snow on the ground for seven months of the year and the most practical way to move around is by snowmobile. so this is the best way to get there? there is no other way to get there. 0k. so this is how i am rolling. and you will teach me? yes. these things revolutionised life here. we got them about 50 or 60 years ago. it made things far easier here. what did you use before these?

skis. skis and reindeer. old school. normally when you are driving you have your feet in here and your hands on the bar and if you want to go right you pull right, left you pull left. this is the panic button. if something happens you just hit that one. i hit that button and scream? it is so hard to believe that going across lake inari in finland. beneath me, there is thousands and thousands of gallons of water. it is crazy. this place is so beautiful. i was not expecting that!

around 30 years ago, the inari sami culture was on the verge of extinction. inevitably there has been a drift to the cities, to an easier life. traditional cultures experience that but these days, tourism is creating jobs, allowing some young sami to move back home. inari sami culture has been under pressure for decades. in the past, this community was marginalised and their mother tongue banned from schools. with only 400 sami inari speakers, the language is still threatened. but one man is coming to the rescue, using an unconventional method. he raps you are a hip—hop artist

and you wrap in your native language, inari. yes. inari sami language. tell me about it. i love hip—hop, but the last place i would expect to find a hip—hop artist is in lapland. yes. the middle of nowhere. many people think it is quite weird doing hip—hop gangsta rap in inari sami language, spoken by 400 people. in a minority. i like the sound. it is mystical, people do not know it. there are only 400 inari sami speakers in the world. imean...

in that case, what is the average age of your listeners? the most people who speak inari sami as their mother tongue are mostly older people. and those older people, are they into hip—hop? i don't think so. programmes. can you spit some bars for us? hearing someone wrap in inari sami. we are looking forward to this. inari sami in the house!

that is wicked! i loved it. i felt it. you were there. my first day in lapland is nearly over. it's been great. i learnt to use a snowmobile which is practical and a lot of fun. tomorrow i head into the forest and before i go into the forest i want to get the correct gear and i need some traditional sami clothing. i have heard that there is someone here who can help me out with that. hello! nice to meet you. i'm stefanie. come in. sami handicraft is centuries old and dates back to a time when the sami were far more isolated from the outside world than they are today.

what are you making? a belt. how long does it take you? it takes me five hours but people who have done at their whole life, it does not take them long. move quicker, stefanie! come on., ,. using wool, antlers, wood and reindeer skin, to a particular area orfamily. stefanie was forced to move away to look for work but she has recently returned back to inari and teaches handicraft making to tourists. i got bored, sad in finland. and my grandmother gave me the passion to come here how important is it for you to keep the tradition going? there are very very few handicraft makers who do this. it is very important for me.

it is like, sometimes i think, who would i be if i did not do these things? is it difficult? could i have a go? i don't know... yes, of course. so it needs to be tight? there goes my ribs. this looks so complicated. four pairs of hands. i go through? there? yes. and then you pull it. and then you have to do that over and over for every row? i'm not surprised it takes five hours. this would take me five days! itéffififilufaffifl ' ' here are some gloves for you. how many hours did

they take you to make? those ones did not take me long. when you have done it for years that you can do that with your eyes closed. superb. how do i look? you look supercool. still to come: i try my hand at rounding up the reindeer here. so, don't go away! the travel show, your essential now, back to my adventure with the indigenous sami people

here in lapland, northern finland. you've been fishing before? well, i have, i've been to the supermarket and looked for different fish on different shelves. we do it differently here. yes! oh, yes! let's rock ‘n‘ roll. the sami people have lived in harmony with nature here for thousands of years. the wilderness around lake inari is virtually unspoiled, unlike the rest of northern europe, where sami homelands have been largely harmed by industrialisation. fishing is one of the most popular

sports for both tourists and locals. it's a pike! there's a real emphasis on low impact tourism here, playing a big part in protecting this fragile arctic ecosystem. there are not many places to work around here, not everybody can be a reindeer herder. other people are interested in the lifestyle we have. it gives the possibility to earn money and make a living out of tourism. how important is it to you that the inari sami lifestyle continues and that you can pass it on from one generation to another? i think about the future. my parents fish and have reindeer, but i wonder what i will do when i am grown up, or what my children will do.

i like to have this lifestyle, to remain here. wednesday, maybe reindeer bits? then back to fish and potatoes on thursday. it's a good diet. it's a great way to keep warm! if you're cold, do that. the real thrill here is trying to catch fish with a rod. there are fish below us, swimming under one metre of ice. i'm keeping warm! it's getting tough! there's layers under here.

see, i did all the hard work! the next thing to do is to find out if fhfi'fiffi ass twig; ' you could tell me anything and i'd believe you! is it freshwater? oh, that's good. give me some reindeer hide. this is notjust a tourism activity. it's a fact of life for the sami here. with only a handful of shops around, most fish still have to be caught rather than purchased, otherwise nobody would eat. take care of that one, if you see it running, grab it. i'll take care of drinks. it's always good to have something to drink with you when you're out here. admire my technique. i'm multitasking! multiple chances to get fish.

cheers. at the moment, nothing is biting, so i am leaving them behind in the hope that they catch something, while i go to find an animal that captures the imagination of everyone who comes to lapland. now, this is something i've been looking forward to ever oh, this feels really remote. we are deep in the forest. i've come here because i'm going to meet a traditional sami reindeer herder. he's going to give me just a little experience of the traditional sami lifestyle. hello! nice to meet you. welcome. i have got a lasso, that is how we catch the reindeer. i've never done this before. we may be here for some time!

if you don't catch it, you don't get lunch. 0k, mr reindeer. yes! well done. let's go 8km outside the forest, where the reindeer are. like many herdsmen here, petri supplements his income with tourism. he takes small groups tourists into the forest to experience living like a sami herder for a day. all you can see is trees and snow. i can't even find the reindeer, i can't imagine how hard it must be

to live and survive in these conditions. there are more reindeer than people here. reindeer need large areas of unspoiled forest to find the little food that is buried under the snow. that's how they live in the winter. they get their own food in the forest. they dig in the snow, eat lichen on the land. they are coming down, they know you're here! the sami regional parliament looks! but also their rights to land and natural resources. if someone came here and offered me a good job in the big city, told me, you'd get $10 million every year, i would say, you can take it. fantastic!

you're not a millionaire, but you're a happy man because you've got the perfect office. let's rock and roll. reindeer herding is in his blood. these animals have been crucial to his family for survival for generations, providing food, clothing and transport. we are surrounded by reindeer. this is so beautiful. ngkgattheik look at them all coming. yelling how many reindeer do you have? how much money in the bank do you have?