new york were a very special lady has been making headlines. this is bbc news. the headlines: australia's governing centre—right coalition is close to a surprise outright victory in the general election. with a few seats yet to declare, a brand—new museum dedicated scott morrison's liberal national to the statue of liberty party are just two short of the 76 opened its doors this past week needed to control parliament. and the travel show was lucky enough the leader of the opposition labour to see inside just as they party, bill shorten, has admitted defeat. finished work on it. austria will have a snap election. in a national tv address, as they are putting the finishing the country's chancellor, touches to the museum, sebastian kurz, said the latest we are only allowed to go in very, corruption allegations against the leader of the far—right very early in the morning freedom party had been the last straw. so i was up at 5am to catch he was caught on video allegedly the ferry, the very first boat making promises to a russian investor in return of the day to leave for liberty island hours before the arrival of the public. for political support. liberty island receives nearly 4.5 leaders of nationalist and far—right parties from across europe have promised to reshape the continent after the eu parliamentary election later this month. the italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini, addressed the crowd, million visitors each year. along with the leader of the french national rally, marine le pen, and the dutch on a busy day, as many as 25,000 people come over and right now, politician geert wilders. we've got it all to ourselves.

the partner of murdered journalist lyra mckee has made a public plea for same—sex marriage in northern ireland. this is incredible. sara canning told the crowds gathered outside city hall for the rainbow rally that a law change would be a "win" for everyone. ms mckee, a 29—year—old journalist and author, was shot dead by dissident republicans as she observed rioting in londonderry last month. the differences made, and the rights not extended to same—sex couples wow, i've never seen is not acceptable. it is not fair, it is not right and it's an affront to us as individuals, as couples, as families. to our love, to our loved ones the statue this close before. and to our children, we pay our taxes, we are governed by the same law, we love deeply and we love dearly. should we not be afforded definitely worth the ungodly wake—up call. until recently, visitors that wanted to learn more about the statue‘s the same rights in marriage? history were directed to an exhibit in its place at the space was so limited, only a few people actually got to see it. the partner ofjournalist lyra mckee who was shot dead in northern ireland. that's all set to change

now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week, on the travel show. a new look at lady liberty. this is incredible. we've got it all to ourselves. with the opening of the new museum. wow, definitely worth the ungodly wake—up call. travel tips from our global guru. oh, it's dramatically better. it will be a whole new experience and going off grid for people who have been here before to the other museum. on the coast of norway. the primary thinking behind the structure is that we not compete with the statue of liberty, that we have a really attractive we came around the point building but that all eyes here, turned off are still on lady liberty. the engine and i said, can we go inside? "well, this is it. let's go inside, come on. "this is the place." there are three primary our dreams became reality. 00:02:38,327 --> 2147483051:38:03,879 this week, i am in the usa's 2147483051:38:03,879 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 biggest, most iconic city, areas of the museum. people come in, they will go into the immersive theatre and then they will move on to the engagement gallery which is where we are standing right now and the engagement gallery is primarily the history of the statue of liberty. its beginning, and then how it became a symbol of america. and now it's used in every sort of thing that you can think of.

the museum takes people all the way back to the statue‘s creation. it was designed by frederic august bartholdi, who built it in his paris workshop. the statue marked 100 years since the declaration of independence and the historic alliance between america and france. in 1885, it was shipped in 350 individual pieces over to new york where it was reassembled and unveiled to the american public next year. and then you finish with the 0inspiration gallery. so let's have a look at the face. it's a huge face. this full—sized replica is made from the same materials as the statue. important thing is for you to feel the narrowness of the copper. that's the full size of the copper on the... i was not expecting it to be like that. nobody does, it's very thin. about the size of...

now for the piece de resistance, the original torch. the torch. wow. it stood up there from 1886 until 1984. the original torch had been changed from bartholdi's design to include a glass panel frame that could be lit up night. in the 1980s, it was removed and replaced during a massive restoration of the statue. can you tell us how difficult it was to get the torch in here. well, i didn't have to do it but it was quite a task. people worked for about two weeks, from 3:00 in the afternoon until 3:00 at night. they had this carrier that they laid the face on its back, and then put the torch on it. we had not put in all the glass yet, so that could lift quite nicely into its position, and it all worked quite well. and here it is. martin and his team have been in charge of conserving the torch and cleaning it up.

well, today is the last day, it's sort of the clean down from the top down and so as they are finishing up the lighting fixtures inside, myjob is then to find a clean down of everything that falls down. it's just a simple cotton cloth to try to get the heavy things out. just getting rid of that there. like any cleaning job, it's never done. you are one of the last people who get to be here before it's off. i do feel very honoured. it's pretty cool. i get to touch it because the public aren't going to get to touch this, are they? no, they are really not. just don't leave any real marks, 0k? my hands are clean! i think it's really quite impressive just how much detail there is for something that really wasn't designed to be seen close—up. the detail is so intricate.

it's pretty amazing how it all comes together, part to part, piece to piece and all of a sudden, you've got a torch. it's so iconic and you think about its history and how it stood for freedom and for liberty to people all over the world. it really is a remarkable piece of work. and the museum has now opened its doors. entry is free to all visitors of liberty island. and if you're visiting new york this summer, here are some travel show tips of what to know before you go. pay lady liberty a visit and your ferry ticket should also include a trip to ellis island, at one time a gateway to america.

over 12 million immigrants were processed here in the late 19th and early 20th century. today tourists can visit a 3—floor museum as well as the famous great hall. the american museum of modern art, or moma, celebrates its 90th anniversary with the opening of some new galleries and performance spaces but if you want to visit it in its current form, you'd better be quick. it will be closed from june 16 until the autumn. and this rather pristine development is hudson yard, made up of a 7—storey shopping mall, offices and apartments. it is estimated to have cost, are you ready, $25 billion. since the yard has opened in march, it has been heaving with visitors and it could get even busier next year when the observation deck opens. at more than 1,000 feet of the ground, it will reportedly become the highest

out your deck in the united states and with a glass bottom floor, you will be able to see all the way down. there is no question it's lit but if all those shops and skyscrapers leave you cold, you might be enticed by the shed, a brand—new cultural centre slap bang in the middle of the yards. the shed really is part museum, part performing arts centre, part pop venue. we produce and commission all the work, so everything is new. if you add, i call it the p word, if you add pop into the equation, it immediately brings a much wider range of interest. one example of what i'm talking about is a big kind of summer show dragon spring phoenix rise. it's kind of a kung fu musical. but we can also do things like a celebration of classical music and painting. we really are kind of a hybrid venue. still to come on the travel show.

simon answers your travel questions in global guru. it's very easy simply to book at the last minute. generally, you can even buy a ticket on the day of departure to australia and not pay significantly more than other people on your flight. and we meet the modern day castaway living alone on an island in norway. living here alone, it has been pretty tough sometimes because you have to rely on yourself all the time. so don't go away. hello, this week i have advice on the best european volcano experiences. medical care in australia. and the risks and rewards

of travel to jamaica. first, though, i'vejust bought a ticket for a significant maritime event in the eastern mediterranean. 0njune 2, i will be aboard a new ferry link from turkey to greece. until now, the only ferries between the two countries have shuffled between the turkish mainland and nearby greek islands but this is a mainland—to—mainland operation connecting the ports of cesme and lavrion, close to izmir and athens respectively. next, john ash has a seismic request. i want to see an active volcano, relatively cheaply. mount etna seems a good option. is it the best? john, i have been lucky enogh to witness active volcanoes in costa rica and the us state of hawaii, but to get some advice for you i have called an expert. mount etna volcano is the second world's most active volcano and it is close and relatively cheap to visit.

the volcano is close to the city and eruptions take place quite often. the last one took place at the end of december, 2018. not far from here it is another active volcano, stromboli, otherwise to see other volcanos being active as etna, you have to fly to hawaiian islands or to la reunion islands. next, john is heading for australia. he's been successfully treated for cancer that says that travel insurance policies are still extremely expensive. he wonders, how can i get reasonably priced travel insurance with a poor medical history? john, insurers take a very close interest in the medical histories of travellers and price their premiums accordingly. one strategy which some travellers use is to take advantage of the reciprocal healthcare agreement that the uk has with australia. you will need to enrol at a medicare centre, just take along your passport and proof of residence in the uk.

of course, if you are not insured, you won't qualify for medical evacuation. and neither will you be covered in the unfortunate event that you need to cancel because your condition has deteriorated. to deal with the last point, it's very easy. simply to book at the last minute. generally, you can even buy a ticket on the day of departure to australia and not pay significantly more than other people on your flight. finally, wendy barlow wants to go to jamaica but she is concerned. is jamaica reasonably safe? my husband says you have to stay in a resort. wendy, i am a great fan ofjamaica and have very much enjoyed myjourneys there. it would be a real shame to spend your time inside the high walls of an all—inclusive resort. however, jamaica experiences twice as many murders in the average year as britain. even though the uk has

a population 20 times bigger. but if you sign up with local guides, perhaps with one of the increasing number of community tourism enterprises, you will enjoy a high degree of protection from danger. i recommend a day in cockpit country, a vast slab of limestone that has been eroded into the strangest of landscapes and a trip to the capital, kingston. my highlight — bob marley's museum in the great musician's former home. that's it for now but do keep sending me your travel questions and i will do my very best to find you the right a nswe i’s. for now, from me, simon calder, see you soon. i'm at hudson yards, one of new york's newest landmarks and home to a 150 foot sculpture called vessel. sojosie, what do you know about vesel?

well there are nearly 2500 steps, and about a mile of walkways. they are expecting that over 2 million people are going to come every year to visit. so, there's a lot of flights of stairs, going where? nowhere, actually. it's a bit of a building, a bit of a sculpture, a bit of an artwork, i think the architect actually described it as a piece of furniture but the views are supposed to be fantastic and if instagram is any indication it is already a selfie hotspot. wow, i think we should go and climb it, don't you? let's go! let's do it. it is incredible, isn't it? it would be brilliant playing tag on this. oh, yeah. it's like an adult funhouse. which way? i would say you go that way and i go

this way but i'm pretty we'll end up lost. i know! isn't this view amazing? and gets a lot better as you go up, doesn't it? yeah, it's cool, there are so many different views. i can't come this high up and not take a photo so do you mind doing the honours? of course. thank you! big smiles, one, two, three! gorgeous! we're gonna take a selfie. all right! it's got to be done. and to wrap up this week, we're off to western norway, home of the fjords.

these long narrow bands of sea can stretch to more than 200 kilometres long, and tourists come here to soak up some of europe's most stunning scenery. the furthest west you can travel in no way is to a region called solund, an area made up of more than 1700 islands, we went there to meet a man that has lived on one of these islands for more than two decades, all on his own. the house here on the island was in very bad shape. then we went on to study the old original building construction, that means axe, saw, drill, hand drills, and things like that. from the very beginning, now we have six or seven buildings here and it has now taken me 20 years,

to get the money to do it, to buy the materials, but also the time to really do the work. i've been living here for 20 years. when we came around the point here, and we turned off the engine i said, "well, this is it. this is the place." 0ur dreams became reality. living here alone, it has been pretty tough sometimes. because you have to rely on yourself all the time. although i am alone, i'm not lonely, i will say that. the postal boat brings people, post, tourists, locals, around the islands. it is kind of a shuttle.

friends and neighbours come around and visit me and make me feel that i'm in a connection with the area and the community here. we want to try to document some parts of the old traditions. it is important to me to preserve these old boats and bring them to the next generation. that's how cultural heritage is evolved. this is the barn, this is the place where i teach my students during the summer camps, and we have rope work and we do handcraft, and some good meals inside here. this is interesting because it's dating back to the viking period. the vikings used the square sail,

and we want to bring it back again. i think that it will give them an understanding that we are part of a connection. a connection with culture, and also a connection to nature and to the elements around us. and i'm afraid that's your lot for this week, butjoin us next week when: cat's in the high atlas mountains of morocco, living the berber life as part of a women's only expedition. and i head up town to the bronx to try my hand at the street sport that has entertained generations of new yorkers.

i don't know if i'm going to be able to hit it that hard but i'm going to give it my best shot. grab a stick right here for you, there's one right there. there's no pressure at all... i got this! ..well, there's a little bit of pressure. that's good. there you go, run it out! run it out! let go of the bat! and don't forget to follow us on social media for extra travel show content. but for now, from me, lucy hedges, and the rest of the travel show team, here in the big apple, it's goodbye.

hello there. many of us had a pretty cloudy day yesterday weather wise. it was in scotland and northern ireland where the weather wasn't just cloudy, it turned out to be quite wet and cool. the skies looked like this. further south, the cloud did breakup. we got a little bit of sunshine. but that just sent these big shower clouds towering up through the skies around in the greater london area. the radar picture still shows we have patches of rain around across parts of scotland, northern ireland as well. but the showers we had across england and wales have largely cleared out of the way. that said, you can still see some passing showers working into the coastline of sussex and kent over the next few hours. further north, that's where the cloudiest weather will be. there will also be mist and fog patches around in the next few hours across eastern scotland into northern part of northern ireland, particularly into the hills. and perhaps across parts of the east

midlands and east anglia turning quite murky as well. all in all, for sunday morning, it's a cloudy, grey start to the day one way or the other. the cloud will slowly break to give some bright or sunny spells. but as the weather tries to brighten up, and it will be a slow process across scotland and northern ireland, we will start to see some showers breakup. the showers mostly really get going as we head through sunday afternoon. they will come along in batches. across eastern scotland showers are quite widespread. a few over the mountains elsewhere as well. inbetween those downpours, a bit more brightness, it won't feel quite as cool with temperatures up to 16 in glasgow. a few showers popping up in northern ireland as well. for wales and western areas of england, i fancy it will be a largely dry day. but there will be a line of heavy showers working in across the midlands, central and southern england, and parts of southern england as well. those showers heavy, thundery, and slow—moving in nature. beyond that, for the week ahead, we will continue to see showers through monday and tuesday as well.

some sunshine between. but later in the week low pressure will bring some slightly stronger winds and the threat of some rain. monday starts off in a similar kind of vein weather wise. a lot of cloud around and we will see some showers building, particularly through the afternoon, some of those heavy and thuggery. it could occur almost anywhere. —— thundery. some heavy ones for northern ireland as we go through the afternoon. in between, the wind is very light. in any sunshine temperatures coming up. showery over the next few days. highs of 17 in edinburgh and 19 for cardiff, and into the low 20s around the greater london area. but then towards the end of the week probably thickening cloud threatening rain for some of us and the winds picking up as well. that's your latest weather. goodbye for now.

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could it even be an outright win? australia's centre—right are closing in on a surprise election victory. a snap election is called in austria, after the far—right leader allegedly made secret deals with a russian investor. and the netherlands wins the eurovision song contest for the first time in over a0 years. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the governing centre—right coalition in australia is closing