during the past two months, while the adults were awaiting prosecution for illegally crossing the border. president trump has announced tariffs of 25% targeting $50 billion worth of chinese exports. in retaliation, china has promised immediate counter—measures of similar size and strength. for the second time in four years, a fire has badly damaged one of scotland's most famous buildings. the glasgow school of art, the work of the scottish architect, charles rennie mackintosh, was being repaired after a fire in 2014. in the most exciting match so far in the football world cup in russia, spain have drawn 3—3 with portugal. cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick for portugal and diego costa scored twice for spain. the boss of rail firm govia thameslink railway, which runs thameslink, southern and great northern, has resigned. passengers have faced major disruption as hundreds of trains have been cancelled

following the introduction of new timetables last month. emma simpson has more. more than three weeks of chaos. dozens of cancellations and cramped carriages to delays and stranded passengers, and the problems are still going on. govia thameslink has four services. they make up around a fifth of all train network journeys. the network covers a vast swathe of south—west england, but the frustration is the same whichever the route. at one point, not last week, the week before, they cancelled five trains and i had to stay at work overnight. this morning actually, i almost missed my exam, my a—level exam, because of the train being delayed heavily. theyjust change the times now constantly the trains aren't working

on sundays i am getting stuck. at the minute, with work and family at home, it is disastrous. this one is late as well. it is, it is. just last week, the boss of this rail company seemed determined to hang on. are you going to resign? i am absolutely determined to solve the problems. but the pressure grew and now charles horton is gone, saying in his resignation letter: this new timetable was part of the biggest change to the railways for decades, with new technology and infrastructure, the aim was to provide more trains and a better service. teething problems were predicted, not least because govia thameslink railway was changing the time of every single train, thousands of them. but not enough drivers have been trained for the new routes. network rail, which runs the infrastructure, was also late

in finalising the planned changes. but critics say the buck stops higher up. the transport secretary chris grayling, he should take ultimate responsibility for the crisis facing our railways across the govia thameslink franchise, across the northern franchise, the disruption, the people and the suffering that is hitting people's lives on a daily basis at the moment. the department for transport said it was working to deliver improved services for passengers, as charles horton prepares to appear before mps on monday, one of two enquiries aiming to get to the bottom of what happened. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up, on this week's show. iron

meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailand. meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailandli meet the new robot helping to keep beaches clean here in thailand. i am cleaning the beach! we travel to the most crowded island in the world. you asked for a seven story bronze statue of yourself. ady tries his hand at comedy improv in new york. its beautiful, man. and we go behind the scenes at the lab that looks after priceless old masters in florence. we are starting this week in

thailand, a country with over 2000 kilometres of coastline, and every year, millions of tourist come here to enjoy its tropical sandy beaches. but some of those tourists are having an impact on the marine environment. they are the ones who leave their rubbish behind when they've finished their day at the beach. and it seems that smokers are among some of the worst offenders. so much so that thai authorities have now introduced a smoking ban at some of the country's most opulent beaches. it is now illegal to smoke at 24 beaches. it is now illegal to smoke at 2a beaches across the country, and if you are caught smoking or dropping cigarette buts you risk a fine of up to 100,000 thai art. that's over £2000, and a year in prison. i have come to songkhla in the south of thailand to find out just how big the problem with cigarette buts is. —— buts. you lot

was part of a team which sample different beaches around thailand to count the number of cigarettes. this beachin count the number of cigarettes. this beach in songkhla was found to have more than anywhere else in the country. wow, that is a lot. is that normal? normal. almost all cigarette buts contain plastic and take years to decompose. 0n the beaches were smoking is

banned, there are designated areas where people can smoke and dispose of the cigarette ends responsibly. anybody caught smoking or dropping cigarettes outside of the zones risks punishment. cleaning up thailand's beaches has become a priority for a network of volu nteers become a priority for a network of volunteers called trash heroes. the group operates in 35 cities across the country. a branch started here in songkhla after she was shocked by the rubbish problem, following some time working away. the first time that i came back to my home i said,

what happens with my home town. why is it like this? everywhere is full of the trash. itjust made me think, i must do something for my hometown. so much plastic! yupin runs weekly cleanup sessions, and people of all ages and tourists are encouraged to join in. a cigarette lighter! cleaning the beaches of trash and tiny pieces of cigarettes seems an unending task. but be trash heroes here could soon have some help. why do we need a beach robot here? because there is too much trash. this place, where i grew up, so many tourists come to this each end of the beach gets dirty no one will

wa nt to the beach gets dirty no one will want to come. so i started this project. how does it actually work? the robot is digging in the sand about five centimetres deep. checking —— shaking to separate the standout and movie trash into the back. how much rubbish to you actually collect? if we do about 80 metres we get about four kilograms of trash. four kilograms in 80 metres! 0k, of trash. four kilograms in 80 metres! ok, i'm dying to have a go, to control it. sure. easy control. forward and backwards, 0k. turn left and right. this is the controller speed. if you push this down, it is digging in the sand. this is great. iam cleaning digging in the sand. this is great. i am cleaning the beach! this doctor and his team are working on a second prototype that will separate the

shells out from the trash. at the moment that has to be done by hand. it is so satisfying to see so much rubbish coming in. so many children come and watch it. and after i take the robot into the truck, they started to pick up trash by themselves. that is a good result. there is a big focus here on getting the next generation to think differently about how they treat the country's beaches, to protect this beautiful landscape for the future. time now to leave the wide open beaches of thailand behind and had somewhere a little more crowded. we are off to the island of santa cruz del islote, off colombia, where space del islote, off colombia, where s pa ce really del islote, off colombia, where space really is at a premium. still to come on this week's travel show, we had to italy to find out what it takes to keep priceless old masters in tiptop shape. they told

me, you are totally crazy, it is impossible to do something. this week i am exploring songkhla in the south of thailand. it is nicknamed the city on two sees because it sits on both the gulf of thailand and an enormous lake. although close to the malaysian border, songkhla has been largely u naffected border, songkhla has been largely unaffected by the unrest that has been seen in some of the areas in thailand's deep south, and its location means its cuisine and architecture are a blend of thai, chinese and islamic influences. lot of tourists come here. ah runs an art gallery in the city and has agreed to give me a tour.|j an art gallery in the city and has agreed to give me a tour. i will show you the most unique ice cream shop of songkhla. 0k! misses you's father came here from

china 85 years ago. on the way he stopped in singapore and learnt the art of making ice cream. this is the vanilla ice cream? vanilla ice cream. some here say this was thailand's first ice cream shop. why 999 thailand's first ice cream shop. why egg yolk? because egg yolk is creamy. and a sprinkle of chocolate. tastes much better with it. it looks good. here goes. it is really creamy, almost like a coconut flavour. who would have thought it was so good? if you are a fan of comedy, then there is a long list of comedy festivals taking place all over the world this year, from edinburgh to singapore and

copenhagen. what is it like to stand in the spotlight and try and make people love the idea what is happening next? awhile ago, we sent alex to new york, where tourists can dojust alex to new york, where tourists can do just that. improvisation alex to new york, where tourists can dojust that. improvisation is alex to new york, where tourists can do just that. improvisation is the art of creating a scene or play with absolutely no preplanning. i have come a long to this theatre in manhattan to give it a go myself. they offer classes for first—time tourists, as well as a place for more experienced comedians to hone their craft. lesley collins, an improv veteran, led the class. their craft. lesley collins, an improv veteran, led the classlj improv veteran, led the class.” think i did see a ghost, not recently but like a few years ago. to kick off, we did some warmup exercises. everyone was given a category and had to list seven things in quick succession. seven types of hairstyles. the bob. one.

shorthair. three. pigtails. >> four. -- four. trust me, with the pressure on, it is not as easy as is. right, a game's rover. time for the comedy to start. i let the pros go first. now, all you are given is a word or a song and where the skit goes from there is totally up to you. —— game's over. this is like trying to release two innovations to

crack in emissions —— to release your inhibitions. something these quys your inhibitions. something these guys have down to a tee. you must be jones. guys have down to a tee. you must be jones. joan, yes. joan collins, future president pta. nice to me to. nice to meet too. i'm sorry book reading didn't work out. these guys are reading didn't work out. these guys a re really reading didn't work out. these guys are really good. it is great to watch them at work. but this is just like, this is too much. and before then, it was my turn. and i took to then, it was my turn. and i took to the stage. you ask her seven story bronze statue of yourself, that's amazing. i mean you had a school and hospital level so you could put this year. it is beautiful though.

hospital level so you could put this year. it is beautifulthough. it is beautiful, don't get me wrong. i'm coming round to it. i would think you would, at it will take you long timejust to get you would, at it will take you long time just to get around it. all right, so the other guy definitely put in most of the work that i gave it my best shot. so verdict time, how did! it my best shot. so verdict time, how did i do? i think you did great. i know he was so concerned before the class, he was very worried. this is too much. this is too much. i think most people are worried about improvising because they didn't actually know what it is or how much it is. they also concerned about being funny under pressure pressure to be funny, but improv is not really about that, it is about being honest and having fun. if you are on a budget in new york, improv gigs are great way to pack in some entertainment. —— a great way. a lot of places put on free nights and if

not, tickets are usually cheap. 0r if you are brave enough, why not try it out for yourself? we will end this week in the historic city of florence, birthplace of the renaissance and home to some of the most famous old masters in history from raffa l two giotto and da vinci, but all those masterpieces do not look after themselves. —— —— raffaelo. sometimes on warm nights in europe, it feels like half of europe has come to florence, and why not? the giant city centre is a giant open airart why not? the giant city centre is a giant open air art gallery. that is what happens when you have a bridge, lots of people taking selfie is. and

here is one of its stars, upon the brett guerin, built in the 13th century. k. —— the ponte vecchio. it is all unesco heritage listed, it is beautiful, and some of the galleries down there have some of the most beautiful works of art ever seen basically. you will notice there is a river cutting right the way through it. as you will can imagine, it is very important to make sure that it never reaches its banks. in the tragedy in 1966, it did. 101 people died and it is estimated around 111,000 artworks were damaged, many around 111,000 artworks were damaged, ma ny lost around 111,000 artworks were damaged, many lost for ever. the fantastic high flood map is graphically shown by the jewellers and at shops on the ponte vecchio bridge. so this is the

high watermark from the flood, which is almost five metres. in just over there, you can see the santa croce, which is stuffed with all sorts of artworks and relics, so you can see that might have caused the problem. it has taken half a century to restore some of the art inside. 0nly two years ago, were completed on one of the most important masterpieces, the last supper. for so many years, nobody dared touch it, so instead, one of the world's nobody dared touch it, so instead, one of the worlds for most restoration lab. at the beginning, i was scared, very scared because many collea g u es was scared, very scared because many colleagues told me that you are totally crazy, it is impossible to do some thing, but i trust in my people and a long, long work, we

found the way. the lab is still deals with the aftermath of disasters. it is currently looking after works damaged in italy's recent run of damaging earthquakes. this comes from emilia. of course, it was made from the remains of the bridge that collapsed in the 17th century. each artwork can have meaning for the local community because if it is the main altar of the church in that little town. so these were made by bricks and stones, i mean it looks likely that they did not go right through the painting. it must have happened to a lot of other painting. yes, the mechanical damage is the most common during an earthquake. is a

painstaking business. as each artwork arrives, the thoroughly assessed. this is what the back of renison ‘s artwork looks like. a lot of the restoration happens here first. the behaviour of the planks was the first cause of damage because the radiation of moisture of the environment, then we have a hydroponic system to measure the movements of the planks. considering you have got high—tech in there, you have someone putting glue onward and putting it into the painting. yes, high technology and traditional good working technology because the original comes from the back.” working technology because the original comes from the back. i see. don't fall into it. it is only after the back is sorted out that the process of replacing each minuscule brushstroke can begin. caterina he

has been working on this 15th century altarpiece since 2012. —— here. what is interesting to me is that you seem to be mixing the colours by hand. is that hard? we have a big party when it is over? —— will you have. it is not normally open to tourists

but you can catch their work all of our clients, and of course you can see their highest profile success, the last supper, hanging in the sa nta the last supper, hanging in the santa croce basilica. well, that is all we have got time for this week. joined as next week when we had to cairo to discover the new music craze that is taking the city by storm. the hit that has had 125 million youtube views. and in the meantime, if you want to find out where we are in the world and share your travels, you can find us on social media but until next time,

from all of us here in thailand, it is goodbye. the weather this weekend is looking a little hit and miss. in fact, we are expecting some rain, on—and—off rain, across northern parts of the uk. there could even be some thunder and lightning. but the good news is it's not going to be like it all through the weekend. i think we'll all get at least some sunshine. let's have a look at the satellite image. a lot of cloud across the uk right now and, in fact, this area of cloud here, that's racing in our direction. now, it'll be moving through the rest of the night and into saturday morning, and that's responsible for the showers. so here's the forecast then through the early hours of saturday. showers getting into northern ireland, some into wales,

the north—west of england and western scotland. so here we will have some rain overnight, and then towards the east and the south, it's looking dry. the temperatures first thing on saturday will be hovering around about 10 degrees. now, this is the low pressure that is going to upset the weather a little bit, at least temporarily on saturday, and the further north you are across the country, the more likely you are to run into those heavy showers. so let's say wales, parts of northern england, northern ireland, certainly scotland here, there could be some thunder and lightning and potential downpours, but they won't last for very long. in fact, the breeze, and it will be a fair old breeze, should push them through relatively quickly. you can see where the splodges of blue are. to the south, not so much of that blue, so here the weather is looking drier and brighter. so that weather system moves away, those are the showers here. by the time we get to sunday, another weather front moves through, but this weather front is going to bring something a little bit different.

this is going to be mostly cloud, so we're going to have to pay for it. we're going to lose the showers, but there will be a lot of cloud streaming in off the atlantic on sunday. there will be some sunshine around, particularly across these eastern areas, but for some of us, it may be quite an overcast day. in fact, some of these coastal areas on sunday could end up being even a little on the drizzly side. temperatures will be typically around the high teens on sunday, so nothing too spectacular, but in the sunshine, it shouldn't feel too bad at all. and then as we head into next week, the good news is that the weather system seems to be moving to the north and away from us. there'll still be some rain in the north of the country, but the overall trend is for things to start warming up. so for example, in manchester, by monday and tuesday, we're back into the mid—20s, london possibly even into the high 20s through the course of the week. so the good news is that the weather is going to be improving across much of the uk as we head into next week, and summer is going to make a return. that's it, bye—bye. hello — this is breakfast,

withjon kay and naga munchetty. a huge blaze engulfs glasgow's world famous school of art. it's the second time the mackintosh building has been badly damaged by fire in four years. a huge fire has engulfed"‘s school of art, sending flames shooting into the sky with smoke being seen for miles outside of the city. crowds have gathered to watch the sheer horror of this unfolding for the second time in four years. good morning it's

saturday, 16thjune . also this morning: theresa may says she's disappointed after one