this is bbc news. the headlines: authorities in texas say they 46 people have been found dead inside trailer trucks in the city of san antonio. it's thought they could be migrants. sixteen others have been taken to hospital, including at least four children. three people are in custody. there has been international condemnation of a russian missile strike on a crowded shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. ukraine's emergency services chief said 16 people had died in the attack and 49 were wounded. the leaders of the g7 countries called it a "war crime". a long—distance passenger train in the united states has derailed, killing at least three people. the train hit a truck at a crossing, which had no barriers or lights,

in the state of missouri. there were more than 200 passengers and crew on board the train. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show: venice puts forward plans to make us pay to visit the city via an app. they understand that the city is very complicated, very unique, very fragile, so i think that the people that love venice will understand, of course. cat's in northern ireland to take in the sights and sounds as the tourists return. really, with bushmills, it's very friendly on your palate. so thatjust draws you in. and actually, put it to your ear. it's saying "try me! "drink me! "you love me!" and we drop in on what claims to be the world's oldest university as it welcomes back students for the first time in around 800 years.

we start this week in italy, in the canals, squares and passageways of one of the world's most popular destinations. venice has, over the years, developed a relationship with tourists that can best be described as complicated. and this is what it's like at midday on a monday. it's pretty packed. crowds like this are still the norm in venice and on the busiest days, visitors can outnumber the locals by 2:1. the city's braced this summerfor a return to the over—tourism that plagued europe's hotspots before the pandemic.

but venice has plans to fight back. last year, it banned cruise ships from docking in the city centre, with their dense crowds of foot passengers and now, they plan to make the rest of us pay. overnight visitors already pay a city tax at the hotel but from next year, day trippers look set to face a new daily charge, payable through an app. i'm ambivalent about it, in a way. obviously, venice has problems of crowding and tourism. it needs some regulation. whether this is the right way to do it or not, i'm not entirely sure. i mean, it needs to be well done, but i've been in places where they've started doing that and i think usually, it was a good idea.

surely, businesses around here are hurting after covid, having been shut for so long. you don't really need another tax or to charge tourists, do you?

but venice isn't the only city fighting back against the crowds. measures to limit airbnb rentals, souvenir stands and even bike and segway tours are happening in different places all over europe, from reykjavik to dubrovnik. and here in venice, they think that collecting accurate and up—to—the—minute data is the key to controlling tourism. in venice's control room, a team monitors tourists arriving in and leaving the city. they say this is one of the most advanced data monitoring systems of its kind. so, this is how many people we have?

oh, wow! this is great! the plans to introduce the new visitor tax via an app were due to be introduced this summer but have now been shelved until next january, meaning that 2022 looks like the last chance to experience venice without facing a fee. they understand that the city is very complicated, very unique, very fragile. so, i think that the people that love venice will understand, of course. and how much will tourists be charged? it will be a range from 3 to 10 euro, in proportion to how many people will be in the city on this day. do you think venice has a love—hate relationship with tourists? because, you know, you get

so many tourists, right? will there be gates or anything like that, or anything physical? so, no gate, no checkpoint, no barriers. so, everything will be very, very, very light, and with a smartphone app. that sounds very difficult to enforce. maybe in the next future, we will think about the realisation of electronic gates, maybe in the railway terminals and so on, but the first phase of this system will be only random control, and operated by local police or stewards authorised to do that. there's no doubt that the new tax will deter some tourists but many people here in venice are fine with that, and there's no doubt that other cities across europe will be keeping a very close eye on how things pan out here. so, if you come to venice, you have to come to the rialto bridge — it's one of the most iconic sites —

but to be honest, it's really hectic on the ground here. you never know. these new changes, they might be a good thing for tourists. it might make for a more enjoyable experience. you might not have to queue up for your favourite social media photo spot, either. and if you're planning an italian trip in the next couple of months, here are some things we think you should look out for. if you're looking for a taste of island life, head to procida in the bay of naples. 0ften overshadowed by its glamorous neighbour capri, the tiny resort is in the spotlight after being named italy's capital of culture for 2022. this year's calendar is packed with over 150 cultural events, from art exhibitions to readings and theatre. italy's world—famous cycling tournament, the giro d'italia, is over for another year. but if you're a bike enthusiast, don't despair — you can still enjoy

the grand tour, but at a more leisurely pace, thanks to a new digital guide. the event's website features 25 major trails, from the slopes of etna to verona and beyond. but if you're an extreme sports lover, the italian round of the red bull cliff diving world series is taking place this september in the seaside town of polignano a mare in puglia, southern italy. up to some 70,000 people every year. while you're there, why not take a leap into the adriatic yourself and explore the region's picturesque sea caves? still to come on the travel show: cat's taking a road trip along the coast of northern ireland. it's pretty bouncy! and we visit a historic university in india that's now back in business after a break of 800 years.

nalanda university houses students from 3! countries, so it's truly a cultural confluence that happens here. so don't go away. as restrictions relax, i'm travelling across the uk to see how ready the country's top attractions are, to meet the people getting us excited about travel again, and hear their plans for the new normal. this time, i'm in northern ireland for a very unique day trip. hello from belfast. now, i'vejust flown in, but my plan is to head straight out of the city and explore the causeway coastal route. now, the capital is the perfect starting point to tackle the i20—mile road trip which hugs the north—east coastline, so let's go! to make this trip a bit more sustainable,

i've hired an electric car. while it's certainly possible to drive the whole route in a day, you definitely won't have time to stop at all the sights — and there are a lot of sights. however, i've made a plan and i know where i'm going to hit first. this little waterfall is wilsh�*s gully. right, we've made it down to the start of the path. this is the original sign from 1902. watch your head coming through here. the gobbins is a three—mile walk along the cliff path. before covid, half the visitors came from abroad. but during covid, obviously, nobody could travel, so they all wanted to come and do their staycation with us. how have you found it? that was brilliant. really, really good — very enjoyable. the path was conceptualised by the civil engineer berkeley dean wise. he helped bring the railway system to northern ireland and he wanted to create a unique attraction for people to take the train to. this is the original day trip,

isn't it, from belfast? it was the original day trip from belfast. long dresses and heels. long dresses and heels, wide—brimmed hats — the lot. but they would've come along here for the day — the same as we have been doing all during covid, doing our day trips, just anywhere within ireland or locally. so, in some ways, covid and what has happened over the past two years has brought back the spirit of the gobbins? it's come full circle. yeah! yeah. so, my next stop is an hour up the coast, but then i need to take a little detour off. welcome to the dark hedges, one of the most photographed natural phenomena in northern ireland, mostly due to a particular tv show. well, where are you from? barcelona. from london. we're from british| columbia, canada. oh, wow — you've come a long way! and what brings you to the dark hedges? game of thrones. yeah, we've seen every episode, haven't we? yep! if you're wondering, this is the scene that's

made so popular. adrian runs a game of thrones tour business. he calls himself the other ser davos as he was actually an extra and body double in the tv series. the trees have been here for over 2a7 years, mostly unknown until game of thrones came along and decided to use it for a tiny little part of a scene in season two and then that kind of put it on the map. so, as a tour guide now, how have you found it in the past few years? most tourism completely shut down and it gave it an opportunity to kind of recover from the over—tourism, you know? yeah. did it get quite damaged, then? especially the verges, you know? right. even though the road is closed, and it has been closed to traffic and has been since 2017, it gave it a chance to recover a little bit, you know? now that's ticked off my list, i'm headed back out to the coast. it's only 15 minutes up to a place that's just reopened

after two years. this is the carrick—a—rede rope bridge, first built by salmon fishermen over 250 years ago. it's pretty bouncy! up until the �*70s, this wasjust a single rope bridge with a handful of gapped planks, so i'm super glad it's been updated because this is amazing and i wouldn't have done it back then. much like at the dark hedges, the national trust says it's noticed how nature's recovered on the site with fewer people going. now, numbers are limited to help nature thrive, so if you want to cross the bridge and explore the little island, you have to pre—book online first. from carrick—a—rede, it's a beautiful drive along the coast, passing some noteworthy sites from ballintoy harbour, the giant's causeway, the beautiful dunluce castle ruin.

and then to portrush, which will be where i end my trip. but first... did you know that this area is home to the oldest licensed whiskey distillery in the world? bushmills was granted its license by king james i in 1608. and, fortunately for me, their tours have just kick—started again after a two—year hiatus. so, really, to get it from the barrel... we always like a little bit of ceremony, so... we always like a little bit of ceremony. don't drop any. into the barrel. not a drop to be spilt. it's such precious liquid! if you have a nose, you get these lovely — it's very friendly on your nose. it's a very vanilla, toasted wood... really, bushmills, is very friendly on your palate so it actually draws you in. and actually, put it to your ear. it's saying, "try me! "drink me! "you'll love me!" it's been a packed schedule

but i've heard there's no better way to end your day in northern ireland than at a traditional family—run pub. we're lucky we have live music at least once a week. it's great to get musicians back in the bar as well, because they're the life and soul of it and they create the atmosphere, you know? 0h, they're starting again! so much of the causeway coastal route relies on tourism and now, with the last of the attractions finally reopened in time for summer, it seems this part of the emerald isle is back in business and ready to extend that famous irish hospitality. from the green fields of northern ireland, we're now heading to the state of bihar in india to visit nalanda, a seat of learning that was first founded around 1600 years ago, making it one of the world's very first universities. it was partly destroyed

around 600 years later, but is now welcoming back students. we've been to take a look around. nalanda can be termed as the epitome of culture, a soul of our ancient academia. one of the most important curriculum that was taught in nalanda was medical education. there might have been a hustle and bustle of people in the whole area because in every day, there would be hundreds of classes would be there. various courses were being taught at the university. we had logic, we had astronomy, we had astrology, and all other subjects also were being taught.

from the descriptions of xuanzang, they speak about the huge turrets, four—storey monasteries and storied — the astronomical observatory, and also about the great university's magnificent library. there are 1,500 teachers. they were all very prominent teachers. there were students from korea, china, japan and many other countries.

india lost everything, india lost its soul when nalanda was destroyed. great and valuable books were here on various aspects of life. all of them completely destroyed by the people. archaeological proof is there. after the destruction of nalanda, buddhism declined from india and people forgot about nalanda university, about buddha also. this is the biggest ever excavated university in the whole world. it was in 1811, francis buchanan—hamilton, for the first time, he saw the remains of the university but he did not know that it was a university. it has been completely unearthed and a village has been settled on top. 0n the basis of that... cunningham started to

excavate this place. so, the first— excavation was in 1872. that was only a very small excavation. i and then, from 1915 onwards, up to '37, the whole temple l complex was excavated, i the whole monastic portion was excavated. then, from 1934 up to '84 or so, a small type - of excavation, - that was taken up. a number of inscriptions, inscriptions of the kings also and inscriptions of certain donations have also been excavated from there. and these inscriptions, they throw remarkable light about the history. innumerable sculptures were excavated from the whole nalanda, the sculptures of lord buddha in various form.

we have a collection of rare manuscripts. many of the manuscripts of nalanda have taken to tibet and they translate it into tibetan language. some of the manuscripts are donated by his holiness dalai lama and some are from various other monasteries. it had a history of 800 years of continuous education, and then a gap of 800 years, after which nalanda was created — or re—established. i'm trying to re—purpose nalanda, redefine it in today's context, basing it to the ancient nalanda. nalanda university houses students from 31 countries, so it's truly a cultural confluence that happens here. this is the administrative

block, wing one. we have another wing there. the construction, we started in 2017. we have about — over 80 structures that are ready. these are all academic, administrative, examination centres, student facilities, classrooms, faculty rooms, mini auditorium. all these are ready. we are complete in every respect, it's only the residences that are under construction, 70% done. i think we are already a university of future because we are looking at the multipolar world. after various upheavals and vicissitudes of history, near about almost 800 years, the new international university would be again dipping into the whole fray. almost like phoenix — was earlier completely destroyed but out of that

ashes, now the new university will be coming and that would give the message of peace and non—violence to the entire globe. that's it for this week. coming up next week: we welcome a new face to the travel show as eva zu beckjoins the team and takes a trip alongside some of the congested waterways close to mexico city to find out how a clean—up operation is getting on. we're stuck in a trafficjam of, like, ten different boats! tourist boats, shop boats, floating band boats. it's just... and if you've missed any of our recent trips, you can catch up on the bbc iplayer, along with a whole load of memories, tips and inspiration from across the bbc. until next time, bye—bye.

hello there. low pressure will be tending to stick close by to the uk throughout this week, so it's going to stay relatively unsettled with sunshine and showers, i think sums it up pretty well, especially for the north and west of the uk. for tuesday, something a bit more unsettled pushes in as that area of low pressure brings in quite an active weather front, mainly to northern and western parts of the country. and you'll see the isobars fairly close together, so it'll be wet and windy across more northern and western areas throughout the day on tuesday.

some of the rain will be quite heavy, particularly for western and southwest scotland, that rain getting into western england and wales as well. windy here, breezy further east, but here, a lot of dry weather around, some good spells of sunshine, maybe an odd passing shower here and there, but most places will be dry. it's going to be breezy wherever you are, but windy in the north and west with gusts in exposure of around 40, maybe 50 mph in the worst affected areas. so, that'll impact the temperatures, the mid to high teens in the north and west, where we have the wind and rain, but further east with that sunshine, slightly lighter winds, 22, maybe 23 degrees. that weather front begins to push its way further eastwards during tuesday night, tending to weaken a little bit. there'll still be some heavier bursts through the midlands, into north—east england. drier, clearer spells elsewhere, maybe the odd shower, and it's going to be pretty mild as well, that air source coming in from the south. lows of 11—14 degrees. so, here's wednesday. 0ur area of low pressure begins to pull away from the uk.

we've still got weather fronts across the country, so again, it's going to be another unsettled one. could see some of the heavier rain across eastern england for a time. that'll tend to push its way northwards, clearing into the north sea, and then it's going to be an afternoon of sunshine and showers again, and some of the showers could turn out to be heavy, maybe even thundery. it'll be fairly breezy, not as windy, though, as what we'll have on tuesday. top temperatures, high teens for many, low 20s. could see 2a degrees across east anglia and the southeast. now, in between the showers, you get the sunshine, the sun will be strong. high uv levels expected in many areas, so just beware of that. then as we move deeper into the week, it stays rather unsettled. further showers, particularly in the north and west of the uk. it tends to stay a bit drier across southern and eastern areas, and signs of high pressure trying to build in next weekend.

this is bbc news. i'm nancy kacungira. our top stories: the bodies of 46 people have been found in an abandoned lorry in the us state of texas. it's thought they were undocumented migrants. three people are in custody. we are not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in their. none of us come to work imagining that. at least 16 people are killed after a shopping centre in ukraine is hit by a russian missile. president zelensky calls it "a brazen terrorist attack". translation: today's russian strike on a shopping mall- in kremenchuk, is one of the greatest atrocities in the history of europe. nato announces a massive rise in the amount of rapid response troops, in what it calls its biggest upgrade since the end of the cold war.