tests last month. the sanctions aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. venezuela's new constituent assembly has sacked the country's chief prosecutor, luisa ortega, is an outspoken government critic. she says she's been stopped from investigating alleged corruption and human rights abuses. opposition groups say the country's institutions have been taken hostage. usain bolt has been beaten in his last individual 100 metre race before he retires. the eight—time olympic champion finished with the bronze medal in a race won by americanjustin gatlin, who has served two separate drug bans. after the race gatlin was booed a stately home in north yorkshire has transferred part of its art collection to public ownership in order to settle a tax bill. the pieces, which include roman sculptures and figures of mythical characters, will remain on display at castle howard near york.

phil connell reports. they're family treasures were collected at castle howard in the 17th and 18th century, treasures as from now are effectively owned by the british taxpayers. ownership of the 89 treasures are owned by the national museum in liverpool, a deal that allows castle howard to wipe out an outstanding tax bill of £5.5 million. it's called the acceptance in lieu scheme and it allows families to pay their tax bills with works of art as long as those works of art are shown to the public, which is great for the regions and the visiting public. for castle howard it is a win—win situation. the 89 items will still be kept and displayed here, a solution which for the owner means fewer sleepless nights. the £5 million we would have had

to find from other sources, like selling more objects or land, which would then have incurred more tax, which then would have incurred finding the tax again, it means that cycle is broken and we can get on with the business of preserving and looking after castle howard. although we as taxpayers now kind of own these treasures, they will be staying put. this stately setting still it seems there rightly home. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's travel show: we are watching two beat boxers perform to an audience full of young people eating pizza and enjoying life whilst they are waiting for a rap group to come on. i'm getting my kicks in thailand.

i am about to step in the ring with momo. he looks really mean. # spend my life in this sweet surrender... and we're hitting the high notes in manila. # this is a man's world. this is a country that some governments say you probably shouldn't visit as a tourist, pakistan. terror—related incidents, kidnappings and political

turmoil have all taken their toll on the country's reputation. and as the country prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary of independence, the travel show‘s benjamin zand packed his backpack and headed for karachi. i was in karachi, pakistan, on the search for some good news. as a man who likes music, like pretty much everyone else in the world, i thought it would be a good place to start. so i decided it was time to check out karachi's music scene. historically, being a musician here has been hard. musicians and gigs have often been targeted by religious extremists. but i had heard that things were getting better and some great tunes and artists were coming out as a consequence. so on an insanely hot day injuly i find out more. on the breakfast show. official, on facebook, who is ultimately the control freak in yourcar? what are the radio rules?

we have got simon who says, in my car i am the one in charge as i am the only one who sits in front. what is it like being a musician here? is it hard? it is but it has become a lot better to the point that we have actually come out and started doing more outdoor events. we have food festivals, we have music festivals. we have lots of concerts in the last year. people are not afraid any more to come out and go to a concert. what is the driving force? is that these kind of young musicians who are just like, i don't care, i'm going to be a musician? yes. there was a music festival that took place in lahore about a month ago. a week before the event there was a really tragic bomb blast took place in lahore so we had to figure out whether we were going to have the event or not these after that. we ultimately decided to do it. not out of any other reason than the fact that it should happen regardless of what is happening in the city. and that was amazing. i wanted to see for myself how pakistan was changing. and meet someone from this new era of artists.

so i asked my new friends. i want to hear some rap. the name they gave me was ali gul pir. this is a really cool song by ali gul pir who is a comedian and rapper who has written about social class issues and stuff. so it is a good fun song. ali raps about society and social injustice. in this video, waderai ka beta, which went viral across pakistan, he raps about the issues the country has with feudalism. as a consequence he is now pretty famous and he agreed to meet me. are you ali? hey.

nice to meet you. sorry for being late. long time. i know. how's it going? good, good, good. i feel like i'm meeting a superstar. you should not think that. i look like a bum. ali was jamming with his friends, preparing for a gig the following day. i talk about issues that we face as a society. it is something like there is a song about feudalism, feudal landlords and the power. there is another song about people who stare at women. i grew up with a single mother and i saw her face a lot of that growing up so i made a song about that. youtube was banned in pakistan so i made a song about that. there were times when i used to get death threats but ijust focused

on the love that i got and i realised that if this is what i want to do for my future then i have to deal with that. do you get nervous when you go to these gigs? because something could happen? the situation right now is better but we have been through some tough times in the past. pakistan has been through a rough patch. we know that. that is the more reason why we need to perform, to entertain, to bring positivity. if somebody feels unsafe they should come over and watch the show and feel safe and loved and happy. ali wanted me to go with him to his gig so of course i said yes. we set off on a road trip. it was the first time ali would ever

be playing in hyderabad and he was excited. and so was i. i left the band to go and prepare for the show elsewhere. i carried on to the location alone. music and food festivals aren't too common here in hyderabad. this is it. the hyderabad club. the place was packed. everyone is a lot younger than i thought. and this is also on a cricket pitch. i have never seen that before. while i was waiting for ali to arrive i made some friends. and eventually had a chat with the guy who arranged the whole thing. the view from a lot of people will be, pakistan shouldn't have music events because if they do the taliban will bomb them. people would not expect to see something like this in pakistan. is this what pakistan is like? most of pakistan is like this. all the negative aspects of that are shown in the media. we're not like that.

we have families who come out and enjoy their lives. we're not intimidated by any wrong activities or terrorist activities. this could not be more different from the image most people get when you think of pakistan. we are watching two beat boxers perform to an audience full of young people eating pizza and enjoying life waiting for a rap group to come on. i only knowjustin bieber. you only knowjustin bieber? yes. i am a very great fan. you are a belieber? i am a belieber. # touch me like you do. # what are you waiting for? that was good. well done. thank you. soon ali and his band arrives. are you nervous? i am always nervous. i have done hundreds of shows but i still get nervous before a show. before he went on stage i decided to ask why he puts himself through all of this. by the end of the show i go home and i go like, great, i made them dance,

and i made them think as well. a lot of people when they think of pakistan think of the taliban, terror, and they would think that being a musician would be difficult as a consequence. have they got it all wrong? my content gets me into trouble with some bad people but you can see a thousand people here having fun. and there is no taliban here. you don't have to be nervous about security because it happens and if it is going to happen it is going to happen. it has never happened. i have never been shot at while performing and stuff like that. i need to speak to these people. my audience is this. they are more or less the same people. they just want to survive and make a good living. they want to be happy. in the end of the day theyjust want to make a living. music gives them hope. we lack education. we lack proper employment. there is a lot of corruption. at the end of the day somebody goes back home happy, i think that's what i give them. a little bit of happiness, a little bit of hope.

everyone should be a pioneer, right? it's no good to follow. you should lead. everyone should be a pioneer, right? it's no good to follow. you should lead. you should do something. that's where the risk is. it might not work, but if it does, it'll be the best. stay with us because coming up... i'm trying not to get knocked off my feet. look at his abs. that is ridiculous. and we're searching for singing stars in manila. # total eclipse of the heart.

the travel show, your essential guide wherever you're heading. japan can lay claim to many crazes that have swept the world but now people in another country say they are responsible for one of japan's biggest entertainment exports. and they're just as passionate as the japanese about showing off their skills. so we took a trip to manila in the philippines to meet them. # this is a man's world. i'm 21 years old. i'm a fourth—year

physiotherapy student. my passion is singing. singing is part of my everyday life. it makes me happy. it keeps me alive. we love to sing here in the philippines, karaoke. my ideal type of song to sing for an audience is something that speaks about love, something that speaks about broken hearts, because everybody has felt that. i'm the daughter of the inventor of the singalong system or karaoke. my father introduced the singalong system in the philippines in 1974. let me show you a sample of one of the singalong systems my father came outwith. with the introduction of the karaoke many filipinos were able to afford to have their own machine at home and it provided a new form of entertainment. there was a new set

of venues to go to. we love to sing in malls with karaoke machines. an example of that is happening right now. we love to sing female pop belter songs, we love to sing that kind of stuff. we love to sing those high notes.

it is part of our culture. it is getting late here in manila, it is already dark, it is the perfect time for a karaoke session. # i would stay awake just to hear you breathing # watch you smile while you are sleeping # while you're far away in dreaming... # i could spend my life in this sweet surrender, # i could stay lost in this moment forever...# the filipinos really know how to sing. they have a voice. it has been proven all over the world that we have entertainment all over the world. they take a shower, they are singing. they wash their clothes, they are singing. it is part of filipino culture. # together we can take it

to the end of the line # your love is like a shadow on me all of the time...# # nothing i can say, total eclipse of the heart. # total eclipse of the heart. # once upon a time there was light in my life, now there's only love in the dark... # total eclipse of the heart.# finally this week, i'm in bangkok finding out why thailand's national sport is drawing visitors from around the globe.

muay thai is said to have been developed by thai warriors in the battlefields of the 14th century where it became known as the art of the eight limbs. that's because hands, shins and elbows and knees are all used as points of contact. fighters battle it out in villages and towns across the country but only the very best make it here to the stadiums of bangkok. this is rajadamnern stadium, it's the oldest of its sort here in bangkok and it's held host to many a legendary muay thai fight and tonight is no different. if you look into the rafters, you'll see a lot of local faces, but a lot of foreigners as well. a lot of tourists. i have some fantastic seats so i'm going to go find them. tickets to the the main part of the arena start at 1,000 baht which is just under us$30. for that you can watch several bouts made up of five rounds. the competitor who lands the most

strikes on their opponent's body wins that particular round. like boxing, you can also win by knockout. the atmosphere is amazing. you have the strong smell of heat rub and the fighters themselves are impressive. it is really quite high octane. despite the sport's popularity and the obvious skill involved, it's only recently that it's been granted provisional olympic recognition. fans hope it will be part of the 2024 games. these fighters are astonishing watching up close and personal. but some bright spark at the travel show decided it was a good thing for me to try it out first hand so tomorrow morning i'm heading over to an actual muay thai camp that trains the fighters from all over thailand. i hope i don't come out the other

end too bruised and banged up. i head 45 minutes to the north of bangkok to the gym where some of the country's top champions live and train. tourists who want to get fit can stay at camps like this throughout thailand but this place is known as the country's toughest. how's the experience been so far? good, man. these guys, they're tough. really, really tough. i mean, they're the best. back home where i'm training two hours a day and that's supposed to be like the real tough stuff for competition. here, you train like six or seven hours a day. that's the normal. these guys train twice a day every day. they are determined

to make me sweat even more. it's all about balance. you always think of leaning into a punch. with muay thai, you have to stay pretty much dead centre, keep your weight evenly distributed. it's weird, it's like breaking habits. children here start learning from a very young age and it takes years to master the practice. i'm about to step in the ring with momo who is the top contender for muay thai in japan.

he looks really mean. look at his abs. they look ridiculous! i have fair way to go yet. practice, yeah? i think i'm going to have to call it a day. these guys are finely tuned athletes. i have had the tiniest of training here. it's been absolutely amazing, but my time here is done so i hope you enjoyed my agony. i'm very relieved to say that's it for this week but coming up on next week's travel show. coming up next week, we begin a journey from the far west to the far east of india as the country celebrates 70 years of independence. if there is one defining legacy of british rule,

it's the vast sprawling creaking indian railway network. it's still the lifeblood of the country today. join us for that if you can but don't forget you can follow us wherever we are in the world byjoining our social media feeds. all of the details are on your screens 110w. but from me and the rest of the team here in bangkok, thailand, it's goodbye. hello there. saturday brought with it some intense downpours, showers with hail and thunder.

equally, we had some stunning photos. this is my favourite, a double rainbow in aberdeenshire, but plenty with menacing clouds, this was through the afternoon from kent. all those showers just about died out through the night, and it is chilly. 10—11 in towns and cities, single figures to start the morning in rural areas, some frost if you are up early enough. that high—pressure hanging on in the east today, that will start to bring some rain into northern ireland fairly quickly through the morning hours. a brisk south—westerly wind driving that rain eastwards into western scotland, in the afternoon, pushing across the irish sea into england and wales. the east will be best as we go through sunday. come the afternoon, the rain should have blown away from northern ireland. a few showers, but the sun will come out. we may not see that many showers east of the grampians, certainly not in northeastern scotland and the northern isles until later in the day. a fairly damp afternoon for parts

of north—western england and wales. cloud in the south—west, possibly a few showers. by and large, for central and eastern parts of england, it should stay dry, bright and warm with some hazy sunshine. very usable weather, looks to stay dry for the world athletics championships in london. because the football is taking place at wembley, the community shield should be dry as well. however, it won't always be driest in the east through the week. through sunday evening, that rain staggers to a halt as you can see across central parts of the uk. that weather front weakening, behind it, brisk wind and some showers. tied in with low pressure, generating some heavy showers at times. quite dreary stuck underneath that weather front, but to the south—east of that, still dry and reasonably

warm, if not cloudy. brighter with showers to the north and west. then things starting to change. low pressure moving out of the north sea, picking up low pressure. in the south, heavy and thundery rain. dragging our winds down from the north. a strong wind, look at those tightly packed isoba rs. it looks as if by the middle part of the week, it could be the west that is best. for many of us, heavy rain and showers, strong wind at times which will make it feel quite cool. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: the un security council imposes $1 billion worth of sanctions on north korea over its nuclear and missile programmes. venezuela's chief prosecutor

is fired by the new constituent assembly. she says it wants to stop her investigating corruption. also in the programme, a shock result at the world athletics championships as usain bolt takes bronze in his last individual 100m race. hello and welcome to bbc news.