a long lunch. a lot of the bars, especially central station, they are creating this is bbc news, the headlines: these very innovative cocktails that celebrate the flavours of lebanon in a very interesting way. so here is modernes falafel. 0oh! it's a deconstructed falafel sandwich with vodka as the base, the fbi is to investigate the death using the falafel spices... of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his cell, in a jail in new york. police in moscow are reported to have made more than two hundred arrests, during protests organised by opposition groups. the rally, in support of free elections, was authorised by officials, but the march moved away from its permitted route. more than a million people have been this is so nuts! yeah. removed from their homes in south—eastern china. police in hong kong have fired tear gas at i mean, falafel cocktail? protesters and what is the 10th yeah. oh, that is good! you know what? consecutive weekend of pro—democracy demonstrations. the family of a 15 year

old british schoolgirl, who disappeared while on holiday with her family in malaysia, have made a new appeal for information to help find her. a 200 strong search team that's like a drink that is continuing to scour dense forest also feels like dinner. yeah, i like this near the resort, where nora qua—rin, better than the arak. who has learning difficulties, and it's the night life that's was staying. from malaysia, really putting beirut back on the map. howard johnson reports. the music hall is one of the capital's most famous venues, hosting a cabaret packed it's been a week since their daughter went missing — a teenager with serious learning with an eclectic mix difficulties who disappeared of musicalforms. while on holiday, suspected missing in the jungle. we are extremely impressed with the effort, your i said "i'm going to get a place expertise, your dedication. and we hope that you find nora. where you have extremes, there could be classical music the malaysian authorities have used drones, sniffer dogs and thermal scanning technology to try to find nora. the 15—year—old was born with a condition limiting the development of her brain — and then something that is totally it means she needs help with simple, everyday tasks. the family have stressed that given nora's learning difficulties,

it is very unlikely she would punk or very kitsch." i always like to mix things to be very eclectic. have walked off alone. i tried to work on cultural entertainment — usually those two they believe she may have been abducted. but today, the police say words do not meet. because entertainment is night life and alcohol, they are continuing to treat nora's and culture is museums and theatres. disappearance as a missing person's case. this is the seventh day of search and rescue efforts, with its bill celebrating both the city's pre—war golden age and as you can see, some commandos here and other search and rescue and contemporary music trends, the music hall offers a vision workers are coming down into this of beirut comfortable with its past area, around 30 of them exploring and living in the moment. an area about a kilometre away and if you are thinking from the dusan resort. of heading to lebanon, they're looking in a riverbed to see here are the travel show‘s top tips if there are any signs of nora, any traces that might help with this investigation. this time last week, for things to know before you go. nora's family were arriving for a luxury break, but today they remain wracked with emotion, not knowing the fate of their much—loved daughter. lebanon is an all—year—round howard johnson, bbc news, pantai, in malaysia. destination with relatively mild winters and warm summers. but if you want to stay clear of the crowd, it is best to avoid now on bbc news, the travel show. august when things get busy.

while most of the country is perfectly safe to explore, there are some areas that have travel advisories against them, this week on the travel show, like the border with syria, i'm in lebanon, finding out why so it is always test to check beirut is hoping to regain with your own government's online its reputation as the entertainment advice first if you are planning capital of the middle east. we have amazing people who are doing a road trip. work that is internationally recognised. also coming up, i'll be discovering how an ordinary man became the king of his own castle. for some of the best views of the country, check out one of lebanon's most did he build it himself? popular attractions, himself, stone by stone. the teleferique aerial cableway, it took him 73 years. just north of beirut. the gondolas will take you 650 plus, lucy hits the british metres up and you will get countryside to check out the latest hiking gadgets. breathtaking views of the bay gopro, take a photo. ofjounieh and the surrounding city, with its mix of minarets and church all topped off by the statue spires, lebanon's capital beirut of our lady of lebanon and the stunning basilica. and if you are more into snow than sea and sun, then don't forget that lebanon is home to the middle east's biggest ski resort. you will find almost 50 miles of piste, up to around 8,000 feet, on the slopes of mount lebanon. the town of mzaar is the main

resort, where you'll also find a buzzing apres ski scene once you've hung up your skis for the day. still to come on this week's travel show. say cheese! is a clash of culture and religion lucy is testing out some of the latest gadgets on her hike around the english countryside. and i will be finding out about one man's mission to create his own fortress. so stick with us for that. between the mediterranean and the middle east. for four centuries, today i am in the beautiful it was the ottomans who ruled here, north downs in surrey for the day to escape the hustle and bustle right up until the end of london and test out a bunch of world war i, when control of gadgets during my hike was handed to the french. it wasn't until 1943 that the struggle for self—rule finally paid off. now this statue here

in martyr‘s square was put around the countryside. here to commemorate all of those who died resisting ottoman rule in the name of lebanese independence. today, the statue is pocked with bullet holes, scarred by the civil war that tore this city first up it is this — the gotenna mesh device. apart in the 1970s and ‘80s and made it pairs to an app on your phone beirut a byword for using bluetooth, then uses sectarianism and conflict. a significant proportion of this walkie—talkie radio frequencies city's historic buildings have to send text communications when you are out of phone signal. been torn down. and on the ones that i have one device for me, and one device for my colleague tom are still standing, the damage here, who is going to help me test them out. we're both on a mission to find a good spot. caused by the war mobile reception is pretty patchy but to make sure it definitely works, we've put our phones into aeroplane mode. time to go. let me know if you find a good spot for lunch! in open areas, the devices can work is clearly visible. up to four miles apart, and up to half a mile in denser locations. the battery life is about 2k hours. but it's not cheap. a pair will cost £199. tom has just sent me but it wasn't always this way. a message in the app, in the 1960s, beirut it looks like we have the perfect was the height of glamour, spot for lunch, which is perfect dubbed ‘the paris of the middle east'. because i am pretty hungry. and few spots epitomise this it is worth noting you cannot make phone calls with this device, but you can share and access gps location data alongside a map. so i know exactly where ideal better than one to go to meet tom. now i know what i am going i have

more time to test out my other gadgets, and ijust happen to have the latest gopro action cam. i am quite excited to try this out, of the city's 5—star destinations. this commemorative book was produced a few years ago to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the hotel mainly because its killer feature and when you look through it, is image stabilisation which will it really gives you an idea give me super smooth video. like with previous versions it of the calibre of celebrity that also has voice control, but does it work? have stayed here. gopro, take a photo! it is counting me in. i mean, they've got marlon brando, there's bridget bardot, i am filming myjourney even the great muhammed ali. to tom sped up by x15. i was coming to the phoenicia since the beginning. this gopro costs £379 or you can get we used to do fashion shows here, one with slimmed down features and this is a very special hotel. for half the price. gopro, stop recording. the gopro hero 7 black is expensive mona ross is an international model but this is more than just an incremental update. for your money you are getting 4k video, the ability to live stream to youtube or facebook, you can shoot super stabilised who was based in beirut timelapse videos and chuck in the ability to automatically adjust the settings based on your surrounding, and you are looking at gopro‘s best action cam yet. for something a little more retro, before the war. i have the latest snap—to—print cameras, the kodak minishot

and polaroid 0nestep plus, which is what i'll start with. tom i know you hate this, but you are the subject of my photo, so say cheese. this camera prices at £119 99, it has standard lens and a portrait wow! mona ross! take a seat! lens, plus there is now she is a permanent a partner app available. resident of the hotel. admittedly photo quality was not i mean, it's part of my life. as impressive as we were hoping, i consider i'm part of the columns of the phoenicia. but after a few attempts maybe i am! you are part of the furniture, yeah? we discovered you need to place part of the furniture! yeah, you're part of the fabric the photos face down in order for them to develop, of the whole hotel! for around 5—10 minutes. when the war came, the hotel became a battleground, but even after doing so, the photo a key strategic point quality still wasn't that good. because of its size and downtown location. for a polaroid, that's a bit disappointing. i was passing by next to the phoenicia when it was destroyed and saw a little plant, we did test the camera indoors hibiscus plant, with little red flowers on it and i was so touched and the photos came out much better. i also like how it captures moments by this and i couldn't believe my eyes — why this plant in the iconic polaroid square frame. now it is time to is alive in front of this hotel who was dead? test out the kodak. selfie? let's do it. despite what the name implies,

is not that mini, but needs today, a generation of young lebanese are determined to shake the dust and debris from the city's reputation. to accommodate the cartridges this is nice. which contain the paper. where have you brought me to, lisa? from £69.99 from kodak, it is one of the cheapest instant so, we're in an area cameras on the market. called mar mikhayel. it also has a 1.7 inch viewfinder when you come during the day, you can actually discover a lot 00:08:15,091 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 of art galleries, concept stores. so you can check your picture before you print a credit card size photo. it is certainly not quiet, it is lightweight and a bit kiddy—esque, but that's indicative of how easy it is to use. the screen is nice, i like that you can see what you are doing, it walks you through the printing process, and your photo is out in less than a minute. certainly quicker than the polaroid. photo quality... not the greatest, but it definitely fares better with close—ups. 0verall both cameras are better with close—ups, with the kodak much better for the outdoors. to close this week, i am at beiteddine palace, one of lebanon's historic castles. many of these fortresses are left over from the crusades. but beiteddine was built later, at the end of the 1700s,

in tribute to the country's ruler, emir bashirshihab ii. it is only an hour out of beirut, but nestled in the mountains it is a world away from the city's hustle and bustle. legend has it that once this unique palace was completed, the emir ordered for the architect to have his hands chopped off to prevent him from building anything as beautiful ever again. the building was restored in the 1950s. ziad's father was part of the restoration team. good to meet you.

welcome! my father was here, he was 20 years old. this is ziad's father, moussa al maamari. when moussa was working on the palace, he discovered a plot of land just a few kilometres away, and had an idea. a few years later, in 1962, he laid the foundations of his very own landmark, moussa castle. this is incredible. how long did it take your father to build it? it took him 73 years of work to fulfil his dream. imagine! 73 yea rs ? 73 years. and did he build it himself? himself, stone by stone. as you can see every stone has a different design. moussa drew the plans, laid the bricks and perfected the carvings of his very own 3500 square metre castle.

he wrote here, "i entered as still young, and get out as an old man." to tell us that he spent all his life in doing this. inside, the surprises keep coming. over 30 rooms, there are more than 150 life—size stone and plaster figures, posed in dioramas depicting life in historic rural lebanon. look at that, this is amazing. this is a village scene from moussa's early life. and he made it all by his own hand. the statues, everything. ziad takes me downstairs to see where it all began, moussa's classroom. when he was a child he was caught sketching the plans for his dream castle. his teacher responded by beating him

and tearing apart the drawing. my father stood up and collected the pieces of the drawing and he told them, "you are going to see this real one day." let me show you the drawing. look at this! the original tears... that's right. it looks exactly like it. you see, it's similar. very similar. this is a work of art! yeah. your father sounds like the sort of person that i like, because when somebody tells him he can't do something, it makes him even more determined. determined, yes, this is the story of my father. moussa was set on avenging this childhood humiliation. he built a small door at the castle's entrance so his teacher would have to bow to him when he finally visited. and if you need any more proof of moussa's resolve,

inside is a display of his own personal armoury. a massive collection of weapons. something tells me that moussa was a man not to be messed with. i've never seen so many guns in my life! since it opened to the public in 1969, the castle has grown to become a big tourist attraction. in the summer, ziad estimates that they regularly welcome more than 1000 visitors a day. this afternoon, moussa's wife is among them.

sadly, moussa died earlier in the year, injanuary. but his family are determined to keep his legacy alive. beiteddine palace, which yourfather helped to restore, is more than 200 years old. do you think in 200 years‘ time, people will still be coming to visit

moussa castle? ah, yes. for sure. this place has been absolutely out of this world. it is hard to believe that one man built all of this by himself. but i am afraid to say that is your lot from us this week on the travel show. catch us next week when. .. this is japan's most northerly main island of hokkaido. for decades travellers have been brought here by its stark contrast to the rest of the country. the distinctive communities... i have come to meet them and find out more about the country's northern frontier. so make sure you join us for that if you can, and don't forget you can keep up with us in real—time by following us on social media.

but for now from me, ade adepitan and all the travel show team here in beautiful lebanon, bye! hello. the weather has thrown a lot of things at us so far this weekend. torrential rain, thunderstorms, and those very strong and in places damaging winds, here whipping up the sea at lyme regis in dorset. while it is an exposed spot, and 84mph gust at the needles

on the isle of wight would be notable in october, let alone august. we have seen widespread gusts of 50—60 miles an hour well inland as well, all down to this steep area of low pressure which continues to pull away north and east overnight, slowly taking the strongest winds with it, but leaving in its wake this trail of fronts, which will bring quite a wet day to scotland and northern england. at least we begin sunday with somewhat lighter winds. still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending

across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to east across england and wales. some will manage to stay dry. where you have the sunshine, 22 or 23 celsius. where you have the persistent rain across parts of scotland, temperatures will struggle to get above 1a or 15. so quite a cool day here. that's the theme as we begin the new week. by the time we get to monday, those fronts are starting to slide away south and east, taking the persistent rain with them. so it's drying up across parts of southern scotland and northern england through monday morning. behind that rain, we will see some spells of sunshine developing. it may take some time for the rain to finally disappear, but as the day wears on we have showers spreading across the country,

perhaps pushing further east through the day, and really quite a cool feeling. i think most will struggle to get much above 18 or 19. little change, really, in the end. a mixture of sunny spells, showers, maybe some longer spells of rain on wednesday, turning a bit drier through thursday and friday.

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