across the united states against president trump's immigration policies. the demonstrators called for migrant families split up at the us border to be reunited. syrian forces have bombed opposition—held areas of darra after ceasefire negotiations collapsed. rebels in the region rejected demands that they surrender, calling them humiliating. eu leaders are struggling to reach agreement on sharing responsibility for migrants. hungary has denied reports that it's among 1a member states to have indicated it would be prepared to take back asylum seekers. it's game over for argentina and portugal after losses on the first day of the world cup knockouts — it means heavyweights lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo are heading home. the nhs in england is proposing to restrict the numbers of patients being offered treatments such as the removal of tonsils or varicose veins, and haemorrhoid surgery.

the move to cut down on procedures deemed ineffective or risky is likely to affect 100,000 people every year, and save the nhs an estimated £200 million a year. richard lister reports. skin grafts, as you can see, i had plastic surgery to try to rebuild it... samantha lilley‘s spent much of her life in and out of hospital. she has a rare genetic syndrome which causes limb defects and skin lesions. surgery can ease her pain, but access to such procedures could be restricted under these new proposals, and she's worried about her future quality of life. i shouldn't have to live with something that causes me pain and suffering when the nhs is supposed to be there, its purpose was to make people's lives easier, not just to save them. the skin lesion surgery samantha has had in the past is one of the treatments nhs england says may have more risks than benefits. among the others are surgery for snoring and varicose veins, tonsillectomies and injections

for nonspecific back pain. altogether, there are 17 procedures which nhs england thinks should no longer be offered routinely because other treatments may be more effective. this is not stopping things from happening. this is looking at things more critically. something that is ineffective is obviously something that will be unnecessary, and even more than that, it can potentially harm patients, things that do not work. any drug that you take, any intervention that you have, potentially carries harm. nhs england believes physiotherapy, injections or changes to diet could often be more effective alternatives. the plans will be open for consultation next week and health officials say they could prevent 100,000 unnecessary operations, saving £200 million each year. but as thousands gathered in london to mark the 70th anniversary of the nhs, the british medical association said the government's

focus should be on expanding healthcare options, not reducing them. richard lister, bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for the travel show. this week on the show: i'm in bulgaria to get an exclusive look inside one of the most extraordinary abandoned buildings in the world. dora, it's... it's incredible. i discover an unusual way to go shopping in sofia. i'll take that blue. and uncover treasures near the black sea coast. 0h! theme plays. we are starting off this week

in bulgaria's beautiful capital, sofia. this vibrant european city is the perfect place for a break, laid—back, affordable, and picturesque. with its roman, byzantine, and ottoman sites, it's packed with culture and history. but for much of the 20th century, bulgaria was part of the eastern bloc, and under communist rule. as you walk the streets, you can find reminders of the communist era everywhere. one of the strangest is found at your feet. all across sofia there are shops called kleks sunk beneath pavement level. so these shops might seem really odd now seeing as they are close to the ground, but it is an interesting history. they were basements and bomb shelters. after the fall of communism, people needed to get resourceful. there was not much money

going around and people had to use their basements to sell thigns. i'll grab some mnms! it drops down another 2—3 metres there. he's got another step to step up to see me. blue or... i'll take blue! after the iron curtain fell, kleks were some of the first private businesses in bulgaria, symbolising the country's move towards capitalism. recently, kleks have taken a modern twist, and many have become art galleries, restaurants, and even speak—easys. sl is a speak—easy bar in one of sofia's characteristic bomb shelter basements. you can see the thick walls because these are the remains and the basement is as it is. 0k, 0k, ok, this is cool.

this is a typical bulgarian drink? yes, rakia is a very, very common drink in our region. but we want to have it in another usage, let's say, we want to have it in a cocktail. well, then sign me up for one rakia cocktail please. enjoy. the perfect combination has tomato juice and spices. wow! oh, that's nice. there is an ongoing debate about how to make bulgaria's communist era buildings relevant for the 20th century. and today, i'm travelling to the centre of bulgaria to a place that's lain forgotten for decades that could become one of the most popular tourists draws in the entire country. with me is dora, an architect.

she's an expert on the site. i'm excited. it has been a long time i have wanted to come here. wow, it's massive, isn't it? at 70 metres high and 60 metres wide, buzludzha looks out over the balkan mountains. completed in 1981, it was built as an iconic national monument to glorify the nationalist party. it's here because this was the birthplace of the bulgarian socialist movement. this is powerful, powerful architecture. following the collapse of the regime, the building was abandoned, and later shut off to the public as it fell into disrepair. recently, the only people to have

seen inside are a select group of photo—hungry urban explorers who have broke in illegally. this is a really big deal today. the travel show is the first international tv crew to be allowed through the front doors. we are very excited and lucky to be able to do so. are you ready? oh, wow. here it is. me first? welcome. it's seen better days, hasn't it? definitely. it cost the equivalent of $35 million in today's money to build buzludzha. since it was abandoned, the years, they haven't been kind. dora, it's... it's incredible. there's some work to do, obviously, but it's still very impressive. look at this. 50 square metres of mosaic inscribed on top. there is the symbol of communism,

actually, the hammer and sickle, you can see the workers below it. so there is a mosaic on the ceiling, but the entire perimeter is also covered in a mosaic. we have actually more than a thousand square metres of mosaic inside buzludzha. out of all of these, which one is your favourite? 0ver there, the people defeating a dragon. and the dragon represents capitalism, the monarchy, and fascism, all the enemies, and it's defeated by the communist people. when the monument opened, thousands came from all over the country to marvel at it beauty. there were sound and light shows and talks from well—known communist artists and poets. one person who remembers that time well is bedros. he and his father were the official photographers for the building. bedros, you were here and you saw this room and this building at its best. what was that like?

really, all that's left is mosaics and the mosaic on the ceiling. here and here are the rest. all of this white is now gone. and what do you feel seeing what it has become? time could be running out for buzludzha.

if the roof collapses, the walls will go too, and the building will be lost. there is now an urgent debate about what exactly to do with the monument. those who remember the repression and hardships of the communist era would like to see it destroyed. others want it restored to its former glory. but dora is working on a proposal to preserve it as a museum to discuss the past. it was built to glorify the communist idea. we do not want to do that nowadays. we just want to know the history and to understand why it was built. but if we keep it intact and leave the symbols in their present condition, i think it will be much more powerful and meaningful for the next generation to understand. it'll be a symbol of much more than what it was. communism was a symbol of the ups and downs and rollecoasters of bulgaria and what

it went through. there is no doubt it is a powerful, controversial, and iconic building, and so it feels worthy of preservation in whatever form for me. but it ultimatley is down to bulgaria itself to decide how it remembers its past going into the future. sofia has some great fancy restaurants, but if you're looking for something more close to home, this is the spot for you. this is the outskirts of sofia. she has been serving traditional bulgarian food for over 30 years. it is like grandma's kitchen in here. if there was one dish that everyone visiting bulgaria should try, what is the dish? sign me up.

that sounds amazing. i will get one pacha. pacha is served all year round, hot in the winter and cold in the summer. and here it is. it looks like... it looks like ice cream. it's extremely rubbery. so... it is quite chewy with mystery crunches in the middle, and very garlicy, but melts in your mouth. it is actually kind of good. still to come on the show. simon's here with tips on copenhagen on a budget and how to find the best

beach breaks in croatia. and i head to the black sea to meet a team making some amazing discoveries. so stick with us for that. there we go. if you are travelling to bulgaria, here's one tip for getting around. hey! can you take me to central station please? so, one thing that's very important to know in bulgaria is this flick of the head, it means yes, and this means no. it's a little confusing, but a must—know tip if you come here. let's do it! welcome to the slice of the show that tackles your questions about getting the best

out of travel. coming up, my advice on coastal croatia, and cheap stays in copenhagen. but first, if you're planning to drive in france this summer, be warned that on 400,000 kilometres of secondary roads, the speed limit is being cut from 90 to 80 kilometres an hour. there is no grace period, so from thejuly 1, fines are being imposed. someone has to pay for all the new signs. next, robert coomber is taking his family to croatia for the first time this summer. he asks... of all croatia's fine coastal cities, my favourite is split. metropolitan life thrives amid the ruins of the fourth century palace of the roman emperor diocletian. split has a perfectly good city beach, but if you want to be

a little quieter, head for the islands. an hour offshore by ferry, the island of solta is picturesque and charming. and at the end of your stay in split, take a trip to the port of trogir, from where it is just five minutes by road to the airport. next, 0wen peek has been invited to a wedding in new york, and he wants to combine it with a trip to havana. but, he says... i have since seen myriad confusing advice about travel between the two countries that have had historically frosty relations. we are uk citizens and appears to be regular flights, and all of the rules i've seen so far suggests that you cannot travel to the us from cuba for tourism, even if we are not us citizens. 0wen, your confusion is understandable because the rules on flights between the us and cuba keep changing. until one year ago, many individual

tourists could fly from america to cuba on what was called a people to people basis. that has now stopped and if you are a person subject to usjurisdiction — which you are if you are a foreign visitor in america — you are not allowed to routinely use those flights. but fortunately that rule only applies going from the us to cuba. so i would suggest that you fly out to havana, then to new york, then back home, and you should not encounter any problem. now here's a question from philip gilliam. we are a family of three going to denmark in august. the accommodation seems to be a bit of a nightmare. it seems very expensive in copenhagen, so i was wondering you could help us. we are struggling to get anywhere at a reasonable price. accommodation prices in the danish capital are challenging. i reckon for corresponding prices in other european cities, you typically pay 50% more

to stay in copenhagen. fortunately the youth hostel network offers a lower rate and high standards. in general, the lower you go from the city centre, the lower the coast. you might also want to consider spending some of your time across the bridge in malmo in southern sweden, where, in my experience, hotel prices are significantly lower than copenhagen. if i can help you with your travel enquiries, please get in touch. just e—mail thetravelshow@bbc.com. i will do my very best to find you an answer. from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. welcome to varna on the bulgaria's beautiful black sea coast. this is the bulgaria's summer playground. but besides enjoy the beach, if you are a little bit more

adventurous, you can go beneath the surface and discover what is hiding. we're meeting a group of divers here today and they're taking us out on the boat. hey! nice to meet you. you too, you too. welcome on board. today i'm heading out with diver svetlo ivanov and his team. he's promised to show me a shipwreck just a few miles off the coast. the black sea got its name not from its colour but by its reputation for being a very dangerous sea to cross. below us there is an uncountable number of shipwrecks, and that's a draw for divers and tourists from around the world. svetlo and this fishing boat actually have a special connection with the wreck. today we are going to a ship which was discovered six years ago and it was discovered by accident,

this fishing boat brought back with the nets. the boat that we are on now, it was fishing, the nets snagged, and they found the shipwreck we are going to. we went down there and we found it. the water here in the black sea can be very cold, so a thick wetsuit is vital. it's a magical experience descending down and suddenly seeing the shipwreck appearing. this particular ship is a cargo ship called the swift. it is thought that it was british made in 1884 and sank in unknown circumstances in 1933. ships in the black sea are far better preserved than in other seas

like the mediterranean. the black sea is actually more like an enormous lake that funnels into the mediterranean through the bosphorus, creating conditions that keep the wrecks intact. it is incredible down there. you first one and you see all these incredible moon jellies, the white jellyfish, just floating around you. and that is all you see for about the first minute as you are pulling yourself down along the line. and then all of a sudden the shipwreck looms out of the green depths. but it was incredible down there. there are countless shipwrecks to explore along the black sea coast. mostly they are from the last 100 years or so. but i have arranged to meet a group of bulgarian underwater archaeologists who are making some

ground—breaking discoveries that are farfar older. nayden prahov is part of the centre of underwater archaeology in bulgaria. they have been working all across the black sea, but today they are planning to explore a site at the bottom of lake varna, just inland. diving in bulgaria, i did not picture it being just next to this, here. so what brings us to this particular location today? for most of the divers, it will not be a perfect site to dive — exciting, interesting, attractive — but for us, it will be beautiful. it is thought that in this unlikely location was a bronze age settlement. today, the team is looking for evidence. the diversjump in, they give the 0k symbol, they get handed the dive flags to making sure that no boats close to them. like nayden said, it is his first time on this site. i know the feeling of being on a site the first time when you do not know exactly what you are going to find,

especially in a situation like this, where they are looking for a rtefa cts, thousands of years old. the team here, together with the centre for maritime archaeology at the university of southampton, and experts from across the world, have recently made some groundbreaking discoveries thousands of metres under the sea. they have uncovered what is thought to be the world's biggest cache of ancient shipwrecks from greek, roman, 0ttoman and byzantine periods. thanks to the conditions here, incredible details have been preserved, even coils of rope. it goes to show howjust to make just how important the black sea has been for seafaring over the ages. after almost an hour underwater, the divers resurface. they have found something special. wow. so we have bone. this is like rock, though. this is really old. maybe bronze age, early bronze age. but we found big posts,

some 30 centimetres in diameter. which means people did live here in the bronze age. yes. that is a big find, then. we were not sure if we would find something and i was so happy when i saw this wooden posts protruding from the silt, from the mud. i just can't get over the fact that right next to trash there is all of this treasure just hidden from the eye. just a few metres down. it is only a few metres. and there are all these things from the bronze age just laying around. it is amazing. not many finds, but significant finds. yeah! some of the team's other findings are shown in museums along the black sea coast. we are just arriving back to shore. when i woke up this morning i did not think i would be able to hold something that normally belongs in a museum in my hands. that is it for this week,

but next week we have a food fiesta for you asjo tries her best to beat the italians at their own game at a pizza eating contest in naples. and ade goes vegan in london for a day. this is good. a tour bus around london eating food that will keep us around forever. so try to catch that again if you can. a reminder that you can follow us on social media. but from me and the team here bulgaria, goodbye. hello there. june has been exceptionally dry for large parts of the uk. the heat has been far and wide. so too the sunshine. and for the first day ofjuly, many of us will see more of the same. but not quite everywhere, because we've got the chance of a few thundery downpours towards the far south—west. that's because here, we're going to be very close to this growing area of cloud that has sort of sprung into life over the past few hours. that high—based cloud is drifting towards the south—west of the uk. ahead of it, we're drawing in a slightly different wind direction, more south—easterly, but that's picking up more heat and more humidity blowing into the south.

that humidity and that cloud triggering a few thundery downpours towards the far south—west and the channel islands for a while. at the same time, a very weak weather front brings cloud towards northern ireland. maybe a few spots of rain in the far north—west of scotland. but elsewhere, it will be dry and sunny. temperatures in the mid—20s, scotland and northern ireland, high 20s, perhaps 30 degrees or so across england and wales. well, let's focus on those showers, and we've got thunderstorm warnings issued by the met office for the very first time for the south—west of england and south wales, but a few storms could arrive all the way towards sussex into surrey, maybe later on into the south midlands. don't take the position of those areas of rain as gospel because it is a developing situation, all developing around this very flabby area of low pressure that's bringing that cloud and the potential for some storms. but at the same time, we've got high pressure building in across the north. so on monday, most places are going to have a dry and sunny day once again. there will still be a few storms not far away from the far south—west through the english channel and towards the channel islands. but away from here, no sign of any rain.

those temperatures still on the high side for this time of year, particularly high towards the south—east into the midlands. 30 degrees quite likely here. and for the first week ofjuly, not a great deal of change. more dry, sunny and quite hot weather for most. the highest temperatures will be in the south where there is still the chance of one or two thundery downpours, although that threat, that risk, that chance is diminishing as the week goes on. because that high pressure is going to be building in across more of the uk, settling things down once again, and again on tuesday, it's sunny skies for most areas. but with the high pressure building in across the north, here, it's somewhat cooler and fresher, there's a bit more cloud for northern scotland for a while, but fewer showers through the english channel. as you can see, in the outlook for our capital forecast, it looks like it should stay dry, temperatures widely into the mid—to—high 20s. that's it from me. goodbye. this is bbc news.

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