the saga of the benin bronzes goes back decades.ificant do you think the museum's decision is? i think it is significant _ museum's decision is? i think it is significant it _ museum's decision is? i think it is significant. it is _ museum's decision is? i think it is significant. it is a _ museum's decision is? i think it is significant. it is a large _ significant. it is a large collection and there is a symbolism to it as well. the horniman was the very first museum in britain, in europe in fact, to buy the benin bronzes when that british military expedition came back. it acquired him in april 1897 only tonight months after the sack of benin by the british military. i also think there is a significance lying beyond there is a significance lying beyond the horniman and that is for the british museum on the other side of london which has the largest collection of benin bronzes and which today is looking more isolated than ever because you would have seenin than ever because you would have seen in recent weeks german museums agreed

i some benin bronzes, refusing to do so? ~' _, ., ., , some benin bronzes, refusing to do so?he horniman museum's _ so? i think the corollary of the horniman museum's decision l so? i think the corollary of the l horniman museum's decision to so? i think the corollary of the - horniman museum's decision to return these items and define returning them as immoral and inappropriate means continuing to hold them by other museums as immoral and inappropriate and i would completely agree with that. these objects were stolen in a raid of colossal and appalling violence against the people of benin at the end of the 19th century and it is one of the most clear—cut cases of theft, appropriation of treasures from one society to another. the calls for them to be returned have been going on for the large part of half a century and we had calls from the british museum, which i very much admire and have been going to my whole life, which doesn't even display all the objects as has from benin city, 900 in total. i think the argument for retaining these kinds of objects taken in the age of col

to benin and nigeria. these are exquisite works of art metal work done in the 14 15 16 hundreds that when france took over and and colin they defeated the homans in 1892 and took a colonized benin. they took all this stuff and they're giving it all back and it's beautiful art. it's and just to the point of what has been lost. yes, there's been a lot of losses and even more the loss of human life human life culture and it's potential for evolution. that was common that was happening. so what next i sort of want to move to that struck me when we're sort of thinking about what may look half hazard and random is how you have the closeness of ties of people that are landed of course through the process through the passage itself. we want to assume that that became solidified in the making an unmaking of inside people. the networld um, but as we think about their landing within alabama and within mobile, can you talk about that? can you talk about sort of because now we're extending this conversation of the secr

they include 12 brass plaques, known as benin bronzes.ted by asking if he could tell us more about the benin bronzes, and the fact there are still lots more of these out there. they are, they're scattered all over europe. there's many in the united states, but the reason they are scattered is because they were sold by the british government after the raid in 1897, so they have been dispersed to museums and private collections now for well over a century, but these are among the greatest works of art ever produced in africa and they are the nigerian, the country of my birth, national treasures. what are we talking about? what were they used for and how important are they in nigerian history? the thing that we group together as the benin bronzes is a range of artefacts, not all of them metal objects, there are also ivory objects, but these were the decorations, the parts of the walls, the objects held within the palace of the oba of benin, right up until the british attack in 1897. this technique of making bronze objects with wax moulds was

in 1897. what from the city of benin in 1897._ from the city of benin in 1897. what does that mean for the _ from the city of benin in 1897. what does that mean for the british museum under the under more pressure? it museum under the under more pressure?— pressure? it leaves them quite exosed pressure? it leaves them quite exposed because _ pressure? it leaves them quite exposed because museums - pressure? it leaves them quite - exposed because museums around the world have some of these artefacts and they have all agreed to transfer ownership. it�*s not clear whether the government in nigeria wants to move them to nigeria immediately or whether it will take some time but while other museums around the world have offered to return ownership of these artefacts to nigeria, the british museum has not been able to do so because an act of parliament of 1963 forbids them from handing back the artefacts they hold. fascinating issue. thank you for talking to us about this. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the

the thing is, what happens in benin have been so many times in other places. they are in our museums. we raided ethiopia and took a crown, which is a site centrepiece at the vn day. these conversations about colonialism, we just like to pretend it is not really happening. at a time in history when we are trying to redefine our role in the world after brexit, i think we should think about the prism through which the rest of the world sees us, and that prison is usually empire. what would you say to those working who say, look, it feels like this conversation is always about british guilt. i conversation is always about british auilt. ., �* ~' , conversation is always about british auilt. ., �* ~ , ., guilt. i don't think it is about auilt. guilt. i don't think it is about uilt. it guilt. i don't think it is about guilt- it is — guilt. i don't think it is about guilt. it is not _ guilt. i don't think it is about guilt. it is not having - guilt. i don't think it is about| guilt. it is not having positive conversations. if we gave some of the contested items back,

the thing is what happened in benin happened so many times in other places., which is now a centrepiece at the v&a. and as every other nation in the world seems to be having these conversations about colonialism and loot, wejust like to pretend it's not really happening, and at a time in history where we're trying to redefine our role in the world because of brexit i think we should think about the prism through which the rest of the world sees us and that prism is usually empire. what would you say to those watching who'd say, "look, it feels like this conversation is always about british guilt"? i don't think it's about guilt. i think it's about having positive conversations. i think, you know, if we gave some of the contested items back the british museum wouldn't be empty, you know? it only has 1%... it can't show everything it's got now! exactly. very few of its items are on display, and you could have amazing scholarship, amazing exhibitions, if we agreed to give some of this stuff back, and i think we would gain a lot from it ourselves. that was sathna

now, they include 12 brass plaques, known as benin bronzes.nigeria?— are to nigeria? well, they are extremely _ are to nigeria? well, they are extremely precious _ are to nigeria? well, they are extremely precious artefacts. | are to nigeria? well, they are - extremely precious artefacts. they were so sophisticated that many of the british and other europeans who saw them didn�*t believe they could have been developed by so—called primitive africans and came up with other theories about white egyptians and so on having developed them, and they have inspired various western traditions of art since so there has been a long campaign to try to get them repatriated after they were dispersed among museums, mainly in germany and in britain after the expedition which seized them. truth? germany and in britain after the expedition which seized them. why is it that artefacts _ expedition which seized them. why is it that artefacts like _ expedition which seized them. why is it that artefacts like this _ expedition which seized them. why is it that artef

itself was sacked — months after benin itself was sacked.ts. and it is — start collecting these artefacts. and it is now at the horniman museum. _ and it is now at the horniman museum, and afteran and it is now at the horniman museum, and after an independent inquiry— museum, and after an independent inquiryand— museum, and after an independent inquiry and a local consultation they— inquiry and a local consultation they have _ inquiry and a local consultation they have decided to respond positively to the request from the nigerian — positively to the request from the nigerian side to restore ownership of this— nigerian side to restore ownership of this collection to nigeria. does that mean that _ of this collection to nigeria. does that mean that the _ of this collection to nigeria. tiff that mean that the artefacts will definitely go back, or is it a question then of saying to nigeria will your loan as these? how is it likely to work? i will your loan as these? how is it likely to work?— will your loan as these? how is it likely to work? i

and it is interesting because what it means it's the largest collection of benin bronzes...nouncements made by oxford and cambridge, but the very largest collection of bronzes is of course at the british museum, which holds over 900 of these artefacts, which were looted from the city of benin in 1897. museums around the world have some of these artefacts as well and they have all agreed to transfer ownership. it is not clear whether the government in nigeria wants to actually move them to nigeria immediately or whether it would take some time. while other museums around the world have offered to return ownership of these artefacts to nigeria, the british museum has not been able to do so because an act of parliament of 1963 forbids them from handing back the artefacts they hold. sancho burke affair, let's get all the sports news now from mark. hello. new season, same problems it seems for manchester united, after they were beaten 2—1 at home by brighton and hove albion. united's new manager, erik ten hagg, has admitted that he has a huge task ahead, even saying it'll be a he

at the british museum which houses over 900 of these artefacts which were looted from the city of beninum — are they under more pressure? it leaves them quite exposed because museums around the world have some of these artefacts and they have all agreed to transfer ownership. it's not clear whether the government in nigeria wants to move them to nigeria immediately or whether it will take some time but while other museums around the world have offered to return ownership of these artefacts to nigeria, the british museum has not been able to do so because an act of parliament of 1963 forbids them from handing back the artefacts they hold. if you want to edit these astons, you must take control of this page it's a disease that's been around for decades and now researchers in southampton think they've found a new vaccine against whooping cough. the next step is to test whether it's effective — and hundreds of volunteers are needed to take part in the trial. alastair fee has been to meet some who've already signed up. in three months�* time, georgia will be deliberately infected with whoopi

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and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. welcome to sportsday. i'mjane dougall live from birmingham, on the busiest day of the commonwealth games. an incredible day at the boxing — four golds for northern ireland and three for scotland including dylan eagleson coming from behind to win bantamweight gold. and in the last few moments, laura muir has become commonwealth champion for scotland in the 1500 metres. elation for england hockey — their first ever gold after victory over australia. away from the games... erik ten hag's first premier league game in charge of manchester united ends in defeat. and it's a brilliant debut from haaland as man city start their title defence with a win. hello, and welcome to day ten at the commonwealth games. what a fantastic day it has been so far. 45 gold medals available. several of them still to be won. but the home nations have really shone in the boxing ring. 16 boxing finals today and an impressive 15 involving england, scotland, northern ireland

and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will bed to nigeria by a london museum. thanks for your company this afternoon. chris rogers will be here from 7pm. i will be back tomorrow afternoon. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday. i'mjane dougall live from birmingham, on the busiest day of the commonwealth games. elation for england hockey — their first ever gold after victory over australia. and the men's 4x100 team successfully defend their title with a convincing win the relay. plus, an incredible day at the boxing — four golds for northern ireland and three for scotland including dylan eagleson coming from behind to win bantamweight gold. away from the games... erik ten hag's first premier league game in charge of manchester united ends in defeat. but it's a brilliant debut from haaland as man city start their title defence with a win. hello and welcome. what a great day at the games, 45 gold medals available. several of them still to be won. the england women's hockey team has taken one of them, beating

and artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returnedgeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, shrimps, saris and guns. faarea masud investigates how the demand for shrimp is destroying land that women have farmed for centuries in bangladesh. along the coastlines and riverbeds of rural bangladesh, thousands of hectares where rice was once grown have been converted into intensive shrimp farms, catering to a multibillion—dollar global industry. since the explosion of the industry in the 805, when the world's appetite for this luxury food grew, there have been increasing allegations of violence and land grabbing by criminal gangs. i've come to bangladesh to hear first—hand about the hidden abuses in the industry and the detrimental effect of saltwater shrimp farms on these women's health and livelihoods. poor people are being exploited by the rich and powerful and poverty is not being eradicated. these shrimp are so expensive, and poor people can't even dream of buying them. it's taken me years to gain exclusive access to the working condi

and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will beurned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, the travel show. in the past few decades, the skyline of doha, qatar's capital city, has changed beyond recognition. the discovery of oil in the 1930s, and then natural gas in the early 1970s, marked a seismic change in the fortunes of qatar. and at a turbocharged pace, qatar's hopes, dreams and buildings have risen high above the desert sands. since this small, but mighty gulf nation won the right to host the fifa world cup back in 2010, it has spent billions on state—of—the—art stadia and infrastructure. and with the first match set to kick off this november, all eyes will be on qatar as it makes history, becoming the first ever middle eastern country to host the world cup. and i am here to meet some real players, both on and off the pitch. i asked someone here how much each of these were worth, and his answer was "priceless". this is the perspective that players will have as they walk out onto the game for the first match of the

or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the school holidays. 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, take me to the opera. i've been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you, so i'm on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i've come to munich to meet one of my all—time opera heroes, the german tenorjonas kaufmann, who's widely viewed as the world's leading opera singer. he's a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into place and you are at a position that. you've hardly ever dreamt - of is so much of a payback that everythi

they include brass plaques, known as benin bronzes.lection of benin bronzes and which today is looking more isolated than ever, because you would have seen in recent weeks german museums agreed to hand back their benin bronzes. 0nly last week, oxford and cambridge agreed to give back 200 benin bronzes, and now the horniman. so the british museum is left standing very much alone in this issue now. if you're near the river thames this week, you might spot this. it's the gotheborg, a replica of an 18th century swedish tall ship, and is the largest wooden vessel of its kind in the world. it was last in london 15 years ago. it'll pass under tower bridge this morning, before heading to canary wharf where visitors can get on board. lots of problems on the tubes this morning. the central line has severe delays, westbound. the circle line is only running approximately every 15 minutes. the district line has severe delays. the hammersmith and city is running every ten minutes with part of the line suspended. the northern line is part suspended a

and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. now on bbc news, clickjoins a rehearsal for a special bbc prom this week, we're celebrating music from video games, orchestral style. in which i get to play in the wind section. then we'll spin more tunes whilst we press some green vinyl that's hopefully not limited edition. and the record isn't the only thing skipping. look at that majestic covered gymnastic, well co—ordinated... all right, stop it! i don't know about you, but this how i spent my time growing up. while lara was out with friends, i was exploring the universe in my cobra mk iii spacecraft. excuse me, i was a pretty good bmxer in my time. still can't ride an actual bike that well, but as long as i was steering with a keyboard i was a totally rad rider. official terminology, there, i'm sure. definitely. 0k. look, gaming became really important to a whole generation in the 1980s, and although we're now no longer kids, many of us are still playing, which is why games can afford to be

and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will bened to nigeria by a london museum. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the parliamentary journalist, tony grew, and the journalist and broadcaster, caroline frost. good evening to you both, we will hear what they both have to say about the papers at the moment. let's show you the front pages that have come into the newsroom so far this evening. the conservative leadership contest makes the lead in several papers. the i newspaper says tackling the cost of living crisis is shaping up to be a key policy battleground. the ft reports that the frontrunner in that contest, liz truss, is facing pressure to do more to help poorer households. the metro has a story about strip searches by the metropolitan police. it says "hundreds" of children have been left traumatised after being searched in this way. the mirror splashes on a call from former prime minister gordon brown for urgent action to deal with the cost of living crisis. a heat

the horniman museum said that 72 objects which were forcibly removed from the kingdom of benin, duringnded over to the nigerian government. let's turn to china now — which continues to pursue its hardline zero—covid policy. an outbreak at the resort city of sanya has sparked a lockdown. the restrictions on sanya, which is on the southern hainan island and a popular surfing destination, come during the peak tourist season. all flights and trains have been cancelled — leaving more than 80,000 tourists stranded there. let's speak now to professor yanzhong huang who is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations. it's great to get you on the programme. ijust want it's great to get you on the programme. i just want to start by asking, locking down over a few hundred cases — something that in other parts of the world would be unthinkable at this point — given we are all living with covid — do you see this as a temporary measure — or a wider, more stringent lockdown in this area to come? well, if you look at the house that policy that has been pursued in china, basic

and galicia, well, well, let's start with the fact that stalin recreated the russian empire, unlike benin is, stalin. well, it seems that a georgian by nationality chose a russian identity and constantly repeated that he transformed, that is, this soviet union, he transformed into the russian empire with the destruction of the languages ​​of all nations of nationalities with repression against the representatives of other organizations, that is, the main nation in the soviet union became russian, that is why everyone later identified with the soviet union of the soviet union. russia, and this, and this is precisely the merit of stalin, stalin restored from uh, that is, where lenin, nations uh, hmm, had a great meaning, that is, he believed that well, well, about the human eye, he declared that nations have the right to self-determination, although in fact the point is about something else but it was not fashionable to talk about pro-russian chauvinism, he condemned it on the contrary, instead, stalin returned to this russian chauvinism because he understood that it was the only thing that

and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good afternoon if you have just joined us. welcome to bbc news. israel has reportedly agreed to a truce in gaza to end the latest fighting with palestinian militants, which has killed at least 31 palestinians since friday. the islamichhad militant group is also reported to have agreed to the ceasefire — which is due to start in the coming hours. this is the scene... there is some pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who was pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who was killed pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who was killed in pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who was killed in the pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who was killed in the israeli pictures of the funeral of khaled mansour, the islamichhad leader who was killed in

which was intended to connect the city of richmond with liverpool and benin. but that revealed the confusion the city had about what slave trade had taken place there. because when richmonders heard slave trade, they thought the international slave trade and yet richmond was not even really a town in 1808 when that slave trade ended. the story of human trafficking enrichment is about the city's role in the american slave trade and a statue connecting richmond to new orleans and natchez mississippi would be more precise. early on in the research from my book. i also got involved in conversations about the role. of the slave trade in the city's history and the power of place in bearing witness to that story. other than this statue and the archaeological excavation that was soon re-buried the city of richmond had a very different memorial landscape. in fact richmond the capital of the confederacy had a public landscape dominated by the very substantial presence of the lost cause a presence that included multiple civil war monuments and it was kept alive by the li

so librium causes benin chaos since 2011. it's been relatively calm over the last 2 years. so why is this suddenly brewed up? now? actually this is happening because the political conflict between by mister bay and the prime minister. ready was appointed by the country by sharva says he is trying to enter into 242 road from 40. why pay? by using the governmental bush bay bay. but the reason being is that he has to hand to an elected government. why, the reasoning is that he has been selected by the shore and each of them as malicious affiliated to him, baby, munitions, such a bunch of militia also. and in the end, public will have to pay the price $3000000.00. many of them have been a few years from other areas, only be immigrants from other areas of seeking safe haven, but it seems that this political conflict will not allow them. ready to peacefully interested as these divisions continue. how likely is the prospect returns to civil war it is always there, but a thing. the solution remains in the hands of the international community and the you end the day but governmental

we paid attention, which means that on the right is the prime minister, benin.ister of foreign affairs, petrol did. that's it, that's why the place that i touched. i could have done it differently or not. you know how he will tell me about the symbolic gesture. yes, for him, it may end badly, because bennin. he is dahomey, this is his homeland. voodoo for all of these for the macron, maybe it will end badly. yes? naturally, because this person who is the administrator of the gesture, and from the point of view of voodoo, he does not have all this. he didn't like and how he answered the macron, how not at all typical, maybe, let's see what happens? yes fucking fig knows the consequences at the request. maxim once again let's come. translator oh, i would be frightened somehow, honestly, i go there to voodoo and along these bazaars, where everything is from the head of a monkey, crocodile scales are sold, and then witchcraft happens in front of you. that's in vain. he went. it was better not to stay in the cell. now, apparently, the macron doll will probably be the

oddly enough, also scientific, the creative team of rudn students combined russian folk motifs with beninhe process i learned a lot about both cultures, that we play there, when i play everything together here very beautiful, that is, the difference is not so big, but not quite like that, but also international relations according to tradition, sergei lavrov tells in a difficult time, of course, he was bent asking for any, uh, tragic disasters. i don't foresee. and when our western partners survive this now, uh, period of obscurantism. maybe we should be ready for to accept them into the community of normal states, but this future will show, that very period, and it seems that the peak has not yet reached a specific official, on whom the vote somewhere depends or the adoption of some decision that washington wants to achieve, they say , well, if you don't listen to us, then don't forget your bank account and the bank network. and your children study at stanford. well, just a reminder, i'm not kidding. i know this for sure at knowledge marathons, students and schoolchildren learn from pers