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tv   The Travel Show  BBC News  February 21, 2023 3:30am-4:00am GMT

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sanctions this is bbc news — the headlines: president zelenskyy has said a world order based on rules and humanity depends on how events play out in ukraine. speaking after president biden�*s highly symbolic surprise trip to kyiv, he said ukraine's victory over russia depended on resolve and he saw such determination in mr biden. rescue services in turkey are once again searching for people trapped under rubble after a new tremor in the southeast — near the border with syria. this is the same region where 16,000 people were killed two weeks ago by a much larger earthquake. three people were killed.
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in brazil — flash floods and landslides in sao paolo state, the president flies in as dozens are confirmed dead. police have confirmed that the body discovered in the river wire in lancashire on sunday is that of nicola bulley — the 45—year—old mother of two went missing more than 3 weeks ago. her family released a statement saying their worst fears had been confirmed and went on to criticise some sections of the media for ignoring their appeal for privacy. judith moritz reports. the lancashire landscape held on to its secret for more than three weeks. the river wyre, snaking its way through the fields here, had the answer all along. what happened to nicola bulley? now, we know. sadly, we are now able to confirm that yesterday we recovered nicola bulley from the river wyre. nicola's family have been informed, and are,
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of course, devastated. nicola's family have asked that we release the following statement on their behalf as follows. "our family liaison officers have had to confirm our "worst fears today. we will never be able to comprehend what nikki had gone through in her last moments, and that will "never leave us. "nikki, you are no longer a missing person. "you have been found. "we can let you rest now. "we love you, always have and always will. we will take it from here." as nicola went missing whilst walking her dog next to the river, the wyre was searched extensively, but she lay unseen for 2h days. yesterday, her body was found by members of the public about a mile downstream.
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lancashire police said all along they believed nicola had fallen into the water, but the force has been criticised for its response, and especially for its decision to release personal details about the mother—of—two. when the cameras have left this village, and the posters and ribbons have been taken down, the police and the media will have some soul searching to do, including whether the relationship between them had any influence on the way the case itself was handled. nicola's disappearance has had mass coverage. the media converged on her small village, and her family directly criticised some organisations. "we tried last night to take in what we had been told "in the day, only to have sky news and itv making contact "with us directly, when we expressly asked for privacy. "it is shameful they have acted in this way. "our girls will get the support they need from the people "who love them the most.
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"it saddens us to think that, one day, we will have "to explain to them that the press and members "of the public accused their dad of wrongdoing, "misquoted and vilified friends and family." as a retired lancashire detective, bob eastwood has watched the case and its coverage with interest. can you separate out the way the communications were dealt with and the investigation? well, i think there became a big beast that was hungry for information. people were going out for their own information. people were making things up, experts were adding to it, and quite clearly, in my view, they were making it up based on no evidence whatsoever. the yellow ribbons still fluttering were supposed to signify hope. tonight, that has run out. now, nicola bulley�*s family know she's not coming back. the mystery of her disappearance ending with the saddest of answers. judith moritz, bbc
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news, lancashire. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands—on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face—to—face with italy's stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia.
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hello and welcome to switzerland. i'm in the town of chateau—d'oex. it is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let's start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city's ancient canal network was first built by the aztecs. it stretches 180 kilometres and these days the whole district of xochimilco is a unesco world heritage site but one that could do with a bit of a clean up. we sent eva zu beck there to find out why. check out all these amazing boats, they're so colourful. these are called trajineras. i was honestly expecting to go
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on a quiet little boat ride but this place is a real fiesta. we are stuck in a trafficjam of like ten different boats, tourist boats, shop boats. the moment you leave behind the super busy embarcaderos of xochimilco, it feels like you enter a completely different world. there's so much wildlife here, so much greenery. it is just so serene. but even out here in the more remote areas of the wetlands, the pollution is endangering one of mexico's most iconic animals. the strange—looking but much loved axolotl. what's so special about these little creatures?
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i can't believe this is happening. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely, it is like holding a baby. the axolotl is not only endemic to mexico, its population is limited to these wetlands and the worsening pollutions is threatening its very survival. 0k, put him back. thankfully, the conservation
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project armando runs here has been a great success and, as a result, axolotl numbers are now increasing across the wetlands. armando's work is brilliant but to fully restore the area to its former glory, ultimately the pollution needs to be tackled. eva zu beck there in mexico city and next up, we are back in europe, in the italian capital of rome and if if you have ever visited the city, you'll know that seemingly around every corner there is a priceless work of art, right there on the display. that might be a total delight for tourists and art lovers
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but it also makes them vulnerable to theft, as ade recently found out. # la donna e�* mobile... they are just over 100 known works by the artist caravaggio. this is one that tourists can come and see and you can understand why he is able to make a name for himself. this one is just so explicit but what is really cool is that you can also see his masterpieces in everyday spaces all around italy, like in churches, for example. but sadly making artworks more readily accessible also leaves them vulnerable to theft and one of the most famous examples in history is the disappearance of a massive caravaggio from a sicilian church. it is estimated that around $6 billion worth of plundered art is being traded on the global black market every year. the carabinieri's cultural protection heritage squad have
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retrieved more than 4.5 million stolen artefacts and relics over the past 50 years. and i have come to their hq because i have been given special access to the vaults where they keep all the stolen treasures that they have managed to recover. could you take me on a tour, i would love to see more. it feels a bit like an aladdin's cavern here, with lots of strange and wonderful things to look at and the paintings, rows and rows of them. and what is the story behind this artwork, it looks incredible?
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so they will just take a little section of the artwork and make money from that. yeah. but there are some success stories. i am heading an hour north of rome to cerveteri and the town's museum. this 2,500 year—old pot, euphronios krater, being its most famous artefact, looted, trafficked, traded and found, it was eventually negotiated back. who knows, maybe, just maybe, a certain caravaggio painting will make its way back home as well, one day. ade on the case of italy's stolen art
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and let's hope that caravaggio makes its way back to where it belongs very, very soon. and speaking of priceless finds, did you know that last year marked the centenary of one of the world's most famous discoveries? in 1922 king tutankhamen�*s burial chamber was uncovered under the dust and sand of the egyptian desert, outside luxor. it caused a sensation and to this day, his burial masks is one of the most instantly recognised symbols of ancient egypt. credit for this find is usually given to british archaeologist howard carter but we sent rajid to discover how 100 years on, the egyptian side of the story is finally being heard. abdul—rassoul family run a cafe these days but generations of them have farmed along the banks of the nile and as such have an intimate knowledge
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about what lies on and underneath the dust and sand. this is the 12—year—old boy that they said really discovered the tomb. dubi claims it was actually his father who first found the tomb of tutankhamen, ahmed abdul—rassoul was just a child at the time.
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now, egyptian perspectives like these are being acknowledged more widely and one of the ways that is happening is by huge landmark public projects like the brand—new grand egyptian museum due to open in 2023 and it would be the largest archaeological museum complex in the world. and this too, the avenue of the sphinx, buried under sand for hundreds of years and last year opened to the public for the first time. it runs from luxor temple to here the magnificent complex of karnak. this was an exclusive area. it was only for the priests, for the members of the royal court, only for the selective few. the ordinary people like ourselves would have never had any glimpse of the inside of the temple. heba is an amazing storyteller but ask her about the story of the abdul—rasouls and who really discovered the tomb and she believes there is a wider issue.
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to focus on this is to miss the point. the whole point is the contribution that the whole abdul—rassoul family and the many egyptian families who were involved in archaeological excavation without whom howard and many of the foreign excavators would not have managed to make any of these discoveries all together. this is connected to how egyptians are portrayed in this world of archaeology? we're not even portrayed we are totally written out. we are written out from the whole process of knowledge production. whenever it is an egyptian, he would have stumbled on a step, as you said, or stumbling riding a donkey, it could could never be out of real knowledge, it has to be a mistake. while the egyptian clearly played a huge part in the discovery, the persistence of howard carter and the money of his wealthy aristocratic backer were also vitally important for success. now the desire is for both parts of that story
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to be recognised. for the rest of his life, ahmed abdel—rassou told visitors to luxor about his adventures with howard carter, an account like so many others rarely told in the west. fascinating stuff, exploring luxor, ancient egypt's historical capital. still to come... we are about to go out on stage. let me just check my levels. and - 11.7. managing diabetes when parties are part of yourjob. it looks like someone hasjust spilt some berries on the ground. and the hidden treasures of estonia's boggy paradise. we have come now to interlaken,
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a beautiful town that draws adventure sport enthusiasts from across the world. but not everyone wants adrenaline on their holidays, some are just after music and dancing and fun and that is what we are heading to do next. the spanish party island of ibiza hosts countless big—name djs every summer. for many it's the perfect place to gig with a merry and receptive crowd. but when bbc radio 1xtra dj reece parkinson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, he wondered how he would manage it on his travels. so we went with him to find out. i'm heading to the location of my gig, the ibiza rocks hotel. but after a good old catch of the night before and having more alcohol than normal, i'm feeling a little worse for wear. after the lack of sleep, i'm riding on adrenaline. this 45—minute dj set sees me
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supporting some of the biggest names in the european dance music scene, so i have to be on top of my game. so we're about to go out on stage, we've literally got five minutes until the start of the set. i'll check my levels and... ..11.7. which is pretty high. but the risk is if you inject yourself now there's a high chance it could go too low during the set and then i would have to down all of thatjuice. it isn't the end of the world, i'm not going to die, but, yeah, just in the perspective of always being in control of it, this is one of those moments where it's got control of me. my name is reece parkinson, bbc radio 1xtra. the gig begins and i am loving it. dance music plays. but my levels are slowly
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beginning to climb. dance music plays. 0h! mate. done! 13.1, all right, it's climbing, i am going inject myself now. so let me give myself... ..let�*s say three. three. an extra one for luck. over 9 million people have type
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1 diabetes globally. i'm still learning to live and travel with this condition. but what this trip has taught me is wherever i go in the world, type 1 will always be there with me. it's a case of knowing not everything will be perfect all the time, but if i treat myself with kindness then there's nothing that will stop me seeing or doing anywhere i decide to visit. all the very best to reece there as he stays on top of his diabetes. now to one of my recent personal highlights — and trust me on this — we're off to the bogs of estonia. believe it or not, this swampy environment is the perfect adventure playground, offering hiking, foraging, skating, and even swimming. around 7% of estonia is made up of this —
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bogland. and it's fair to say that in the past not everyone was a huge fan. in fact, people would regard a landscape like this with horror because folklore said that this is exactly the kind of place where you might be waylaid by evil spirits. times have changed, though, and it's now becoming apparent just how useful these bogs are. it's so effective at storing carbon, that in recent years the estonian government has started re—bogging vast areas of land in an effort to help tackle climate change. i'm christa, good to meet you. nice to meet you. it looks like mud, but is this peat? yes, it's peat. if you look it's almost decayed, but not totally decomposed. oh, you can still see the fibres. why is it important to restore these peatlands. it is important for carbon emissions. we want to stop carbon emissions here, we want that this peatland
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will store carbon. but people here also finding out what a stunning playground this environment is. glad to meet you. good to meet you too. i've got my gumboots ready, ready to meet the bog. ivor is a guide who works in, lives, and plays in soomaa national park. he floats through the bogs in his canoe, skates and sledges on them in the winter, and stomps through them in these. any tips? it's not that difficult, actually. you just walk and one important thing, when you want to turn back, you always come with a u—turn, you don't step like this because of this, but the u—turn works well. these are one way bog shoes. yes, only forward. 0k! laughter.
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0h! bogshoes are a bit like snowshoes and our crew soon discovers the importance of wearing them. it is ok too. there's a lot. yeah, there's a lot. jordan has just emptied about a litre of water out of his boot. and that is why you wear bog shoes. so what's all of this made up of? because it feels like we are walking on a big sponge. yes, it's mostly made of the moss. more specifically, sphagnum moss. so this is the plant here. ah, 0k. and if you take some of it there, like... so you can see. oh, it's really like a sponge, isn't it? it's like...
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it is growing up, it is rottening down there, becoming peat. in the top it is growing. it is a vine. you know like a... yes! so you can see, it is living. it's sort of... and it is full of water, doesn't look like water, but if you squeeze it you can see. oh, wow, look at that! it may look like a barren landscape, but there is plenty here to forage. it looks like someone has just spilled some berries on the ground. you want to taste? ido! i've had cranberryjuice before, but i've never had a cranberry. are they sweet? they are sour. 0h, hang on. laughter. they are very sour! not that sour. and there is just one final, chilly treat that ivor's keen to show me. are you sure about this? not really. is this a good idea? 0h!
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oh, god. i can already feel how cold it is. actually quite cold. laughter. this water makes you feel like your skin is soft and makes you feel a bit younger. well, it would want to, because it is really cold. 0h! it's really cold! 0h! oh, it's really, really cold. i can see how after working up a bit of a sweat bogshoeing, this would be a nice shock to the system. so how far does this go down? a few metres. so, if you... there is no bottom here. i think the verdict for the bog swimming is absolutely freezing cold. wow, i mean, what a setting. and if you want a tip from me —
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go when it's warm. it took a real stiff drink to warm me up after that one. ok, that's for the programme this week. coming up next time... cheering. i'm in another chilly part of the world, the shetland islands, to take in the famous viking festival up helly aa. cheering. and to find out why, after 200 years, it's only now that women are welcome to take part. this is an incredible experience. and it does make you kind of feel like maybe this is something the vikings would have done all those years ago. in the meantime, you can find lots of our recent adventures on bbc iplayer and you can check out our social media to find lots of great travel content from around the bbc. that's it for now. see you next time.
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more cloud around to start tuesday but certainly a very mild story. the cloud signal for light drizzly rain into than far north—west look at the temperatures fall dawn on tuesday. 6—9 , this is where we should be as a daytime maximum at this time of year. as a mild start but ray. cloud thick enough out west for a spot or two of drizzle, persistent rain moving out of the western isles and the northern isles but not as windy as we began on monday. so for the rest of tuesday it is likely we will continue to ca few holes in the cloud from time to time and where the best
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of the sunshine comes through the temperature will respond with highs intentionally of 1a degrees. the mild story is not set to last as a cold front pushes down from the north—west introducing showery outbreaks of rain sinking south and east across the day on wednesday to somewhat fresher —— fresh conditions on thursday.
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this is bbc news, i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: summit in a war zone — president biden makes a surprise visit to ukraine — and reaffirms america's support. kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you. two weeks after being struck by catastrophic earthquakes, turkey is hit by a further deadly tremor. in brazil — flash floods and landslides in sao paolo state, the president flies in as dozens are confirmed dead. and the medical breakthrough that could help stroke victims regain control of parts of their body.

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