tv The Travel Show BBC News January 28, 2020 3:30am-4:01am GMT
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around 200 survivors of the holocaust have gathered with world leaders at the former auschwitz death camp to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation. many told of their experiences and warned of their fears of the rise once again of racism and fascism. the number killed by the coronavirus outbreak in china has risen to 106, with more than 4,500 cases. the infection has been confirmed in more than a dozen countries and germany is the latest to report a case. authorities are working to repatriate citizens. more senior republicans in congress they they will vote with democrats for witnesses to be heard in president trump's impeachment trial. this in response to leaks in an upcoming book from former national security advisorjohn bolton, who has directly linked to the president to a deal with ukraine to discredit a rival.
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the family of harry dunn have met with dominic raab. the us secretary of state has decided to reject the request to return and the uk. barry dunn was killed during a car collision in northamptonshire last year. the spokesperson spoke after the meeting last year which he said was warm and positive. the foreign secretary is every bit as angry as the parents are in the whole nation now and they are not going to take this lying down. so we come away from that meeting feeling really, really pleased is the wrong word but satisfied that the foreign secretary is in there, batting for harry. we have no worries or concerns that this is going to be slipped under the carpet. there is a special relationship here and now is the time for both the americans and the british to prove that this is a special relationship. beyond that, i
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think there is a way to go yet to get anne sacoolas back but we have no doubt she is coming back, we couldn't know exactly what all the options are because they are currently being reviewed. this is a largely unprecedented case and there isa largely unprecedented case and there is a lot of work, particularly on the lawyer was my part, to do before they can come out and say exactly what they are going to do. the latest there from harry dunn's family. it is just past 3:30am latest there from harry dunn's family. it isjust past 3:30am in the morning. this week i'm in san sebastian. spain's culinary hotspot, tasting my way through all of the pintxos, and finding out how to pay like a local. aupa! we hear about the positive effects of travel on our mental health. i'm feeling on top of the world. fantastic! and rajan is in saudi arabia, exploring jeddah's historic district.
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san sebastian, the basque country's holiday playground, tucked away up here on the bay of biscay. it's really stunning. there are three beaches with coastal hiking trails, but what people really come here for is the food. this northern spanish city holds one of the highest numbers of michelin stars per square metre in the world, and they also claim to have the most bars per person, so this place sounds right up my street! and the basques have their own way of eating, too. it's all about pintxos. my guide to the pintxos scene is luis.
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he grew up in san sebastian and he runs pintxo food tours. so this is my first time trying pintxos. how does it all work? pintxos is our tradition, the way to socialise and make friends, changing very quick, from one bar to another, one bar, one drink, one pintxo. let me show you inside. all right! so i can see a lot of food. it all looks really good, but what's going on? well, there are a lot of possibilities. on the counter, we have the fresh pintxos. and if you follow the black bars, we have the warm food. the warm pintxos that come daily from the kitchen. and this is all made today, daily? very, very, very fresh. and maybe in 20 minutes, half an hour. they need to renew the pintxos that you can see on the counter because it is always full of people, and it is very, very fresh. as a tourist who comes to san sebastian not really sure how pintxos works,
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explain to me, what are the rules? 0k, first, go where the locals go. second rule is one bar, one drink, one pintxo. the third rule, ask the waiter for the speciality. because every week, it changes. they change the pintxos, and it is very interesting, you ask the waiter which is the speciality, today. but recently, an undercover investigation by a local journalist caught some pintxo bars double pricing. two tourists went out and ordered the exact same dishes as two locals, who ordered in the basque language. over the night, the tourists paid about nine euros more. the experiment was conducted twice in the same month at seven of the old town's pintxo bars. so, let's talk about that investigation. you know, we've got to talk about it. how did the locals react to that? yeah, i think it's interesting to have this information,
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because locals, we can boycott these bars that make a different price for locals and tourists, no? for us, it's very important to give the best service. of course. not only for locals, also for travellers from all over the world. most of the pintxo bars are in the old town. in fact, there are more than 200 to pick from, which can be a little overwhelming, but it all becomes clear when you have someone to explain how it works. ok, so talk to me about pricing. i can see prices on the board here but not here, so how does it work? the pintxos you can see on the counter, you can take by yourself, without waiting, the waiter. and you can take one, two or three, whatever you want. and before leaving, you can say to the waiter, how many pintxos you have eaten and pay for that.
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so people can come in, they don't need to wait to be served, they can take the food and based on this trust system you pay for what you have eaten and drank and then you leave. yes, because normally the people is very honest, because it's not normal in other big cities, especially, no? no, i've never come across a system like this before, yeah. very trustworthy. also it's easy for the waiters, because the price normally is the same for all of the variety of pintxos, if you say three, it's three euros for three, it is nine euros. pintxos isn't all about the old town and tradition. luis takes me to meet a chef who is putting a modern twist on it all. hi, hola, que tal? very well, and you? very well. nice to meet you. so, are you from san sebastian?
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do you live here? he speaks spanish. what's the secret of good pintxos? gracias. all in one? yes. 0k. before i leave, luis took me to one of his favourite places and has one more thing in store. to finish the tour, i have a surprise for you. oh, i like surprises! this is a temple for...food lovers, but we will try cider.
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hola. how are you? hola. nice to meet you. san sebastian is full of cider houses, some of them more than 500 years old. takes a certain amount of skill to pour like that! why we do that, because we love to drink the cider with the bubbles. i'm all about the bubbles! 0k, aupa! aupa! wow, that's very fresh! very fresh. well, we're off thailand next for a taste of an annual festival that reaches for the skies in a home—made kind of way. and a word of warning. please don't try this at home.
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how travelling can help when you are feeling blue, and rajan gets stuck in, saudi style. this is great. no idea what i'm doing! so don't go away. so i'm watching a couple of guys play pelota, which is a basque game here in spain. they are giving it some welly, they're really whacking that ball. i'm about to have a go, not sure how good i'll be but so far, i'm feeling confident. hi, guys, how's it going? talk to me about pelota, what is it? this is a traditional place where we play this sport, and we play with a wooden pallet. you can use your own hands. sounds painful. can you teach me how to play?
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sure, you are welcome. oh, that is weighty. 0ff comes the jacket. feels like it is about to get hot. fling it over here. the rules. you have to play like this, this is the outside, and you need to hit the ball as strong as we can. the ball must hit that wall in front of you, and above the black line, always. if it bounces out of the white line it is your fault, it can bounce only once, and you will score points, one by one. sounds simple enough. let's play. laughter.
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that's more like it! out! now, most of the northern hemisphere has just experienced blue monday, the day of the year thought to be the most depressing, but there are ways to combat it. some say exercise. others make time for mindfulness. but we have met one man who uses the open road. i'm a big believer in the power of travel, in terms of managing depression and anxiety these mental health issues that many of us will encounter. being immersed in nature, being a new places, having new experiences, these things can be really beneficial to mental health. my name is jake tyler, i am a mental health advocate and campaigner and three years ago i walked 2000 miles around great britain.
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what you do, right, is you put one foot in front of the other for a period of time and your whole body, your arms, face, all of it, goes exactly where you want it to go. the feeling of sadness just goes and i feel on top of the world. fantastic! i went through a mental health crisis point, i guess, working on a job that i felt pressure to perform well at, mismanaging my stress with poor lifestyle choices, and crucially, not giving myself the things in life that i need to balance me out. things like nature, exploring, adventure, these sorts of things. the idea to walk around the whole of great britain came about because i felt like i needed a part of my day, for me to be in control of it, basically, so i decided to do
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all of the national parks. i bought a map and started circling these amazing parts of britain, natural britain, that i thought would maybe influence or inspire people to get outside. ijust put a big line through them all, then there was a route of 3000 miles from brighton to brighton, a lap of great britain, and i set off two months later. it wasn'tjust this big exciting adventure the whole time, there were times i struggled. yesterday, i think i'm going to write it off. ijust woke up in the morning feeling really anxious about everything, and i couldn't really shake it all day. anxiety, man, it is a pain in the arse. it is so irrational. you cannot apply logic, when you are feeling like that. you can try, but the anxiety is like no, wrong, you're not going to be fine, you're going to get killed and no
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one is going to find you. which, you know, shut up, anxiety! before you know it you are consumed by all these negative emotions. and that's something that can happen when you are travelling. the way to get around that is to try not to beat yourself up for having those feelings. those sorts of feelings can extend where you are geographically, you will have to deal with them wherever you are. for me personally, i feel i'm sort of blessed with a sense of adventure that, i thrive on new experiences, and so travelling, for me, itjust makes sense to do.
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finally, we are in the red sea port ofjeddah, the gateway to saudi arabia's holy city of mecca and medina. last year the authorities relax travel restrictions making a visit to this part of the rod much easier. rajan has been exploring what the kingdom has to offer. it has been a fishing village since the sixth century then a major red sea trading post but today jeddah is the second biggest port in the arab world and saudi arabia's commercial capital. wonder into the historic district and you will find centuries of intrigue. the old city was a thriving multicultural centre with distinctive architecture. some homes and mosques date as far back as the seventh century. if i could play backgammon i'd be
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admiring every move, but these guys, i think they know what they are doing. jeddah is different is the motto of the city, and the coral stone is built into the fabric of the old city's buildings and walls testify to that. today as part of its grand vision 2030 programme, saudi is attempting to become an appealing tourist destination and the restoration of old jeddah is central to those plans. jeddah has always been attractive to immigrants, both for the hajj and work, and people from yemen and east african countries make for a vibrant and bustling street. sammy is the director of the programme and it has been his mission to revive the area. now, you are so passionate yourself about the rejuvenation of this area, the preservation of the history. why?
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because first of all i am local. i am, this generation of my family house, and my grandfather moved from another family in jeddah, so i grew up and i live and i had a great life injeddah and this is one of my reasons for my passion of the old city ofjeddah. sammy even drove a taxi around here, picking up tourists, partly to improve his english. but the decline started in the 60s and 70s when the oil economy started booming and people moved out to modern houses in newer, bigger urban areas. so very few people still live via? very few. what is the aim? how do you want this city to look and 20, 30 years time? we are working on a master plan to protect the city, to encourage people to come, to bring students from university
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to live here, you also, there is a lot of land from the sea back fit, we want to take that filling out and bring the sea to the facade of the city, as it was, 50 years ago, but also we have to be careful, it doesn't become... you come and visit my house and maybe you have some surprise. i would be delighted, thank you. the streets are quite narrow so sammy uses a golf buggy to wend his way around. sammy knows everybody here. noo! think you do. you can also rent them if you come to this neighbourhood and you prefer not to walk in the heat. do you like doing that?
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actually, this is not quite his house. it used to be the old royal residence and is now a cultural heritage site, but sammy , sammy's family are the custodians, and he has the key. you can hear the evening call to prayer now, echoing from all of the buildings around us. it is an incredible effect, it is coming at you from all angles, and it is really kind of beautiful music. so, sammy, that wasn't the surprise, was it? that was one of the surprises. we have another one waiting for you downstairs. what is it? we will see! 0k, what is this?
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this is the surprise. it is a dance that is local to our area and we hope you will participate with us and danced together and play the drums, if you are a very good musicians. i wouldn't say that, but i can play the drums. this is very old arabic. it comes from ancient music. i have a feeling this is harder to play than it looks, do you have someone who can show me? first, you buying this together, and you close it, you close your fingers. and another one, you present it like that. and then... as is tradition, when the music like this place, people are invited to come and listen. this time we have got
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some visiting tourists. i don't know what i'm doing, but no ones seems to notice. all they are being polite! as you can tell, i didn't escape the dancing, if that is what you want to call it. thankfully, another tourist took my spot. i'm much happier in the background banging the drum! that's all we've got time for, today, butjoin us next week when... we are on the slopes of mount etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes. i'm meeting the people who live and work alongside some truly terrifying geological forces.
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so do join us for that, but until then from me and the rest of the travel show team in san sebastian, it is goodbye. hello there. if you're travelling through the first part of the morning, bear in mind wintry weather could cause one or two problems. a combination of snow and ice from wintry showers that have been falling over recent hours, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. your bbc local radio station will, of course, keep you up—to—date with travel updates where you are.
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more of those wintry showers to come, then, through the first part of the day, and some more persistent snowfall for some parts of southern and eastern scotland, and not only over the highest hills. so through the morning, showers continue to pass across the south—west of england, giving a covering of snow over some of the highest ground of dartmoor and bodmin moor, and also for wales, snow mixing in over the hills and mountains. a bit of snow over high ground in northern england, maybe some to lower levels. certainly some icy stretches here. similarfor northern ireland and scotland, through the central belt, for example, there could be a covering of snow at quite low levels. 0ver high ground, we could see 10cm of snow or more lying by this stage. so yes, could be a little bit tricky out there on some of the roads and pavements. as we go through the day, it's a mixture of sunshine and showers. much of the wintriness becoming increasingly confined to higher ground. more like rain at low levels, i think, through the afternoon. eastern areas not seeing as many showers. there will be some sunshine, but it's going to be windy and it's
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going to be feel cold. your thermometer will read between four and eight degrees. but when we factor in the strength of that wind, particularly brisk across southern areas, well, this is what it's going to feel like. it'll feel like it's barely got above freezing. now, as we go through the night, we will continue to see some showers, especially across northern and western areas. i think the snow will continue to pile up across high ground in the north and the west of scotland. not as many showers by the end of the night down towards the south and the east, and your overnight lows between one and four degrees. it is another rather chilly night, so there could be some icy stretches around again on wednesday morning. now, for wednesday, this little bump in the isobars here, this is a ridge of high pressure trying to settle things down. it'll be a drier day for many of us, but this frontal system bringing some outbreaks of rain into scotland. you can see the cloud and rain gathering out west, sliding its way in. some really heavy and persistent rain, actually, for some of the hills in the west. inland over the mountains, yes, some further significant snowfall. further south, though,
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