they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze in 2021.ore recently, germany handed back 22 bronzes and agreed to release over 1,000 items from their collections. the horniman in london has also sent pieces back to nigeria, and soon cambridge university's museum of archaeology and anthropology will follow suit. we've identified 116 objects that were taken during the punitive expedition of 1897, and those are the objects that we will be transferring ownership of. i think it's impossible to overstate just how severe an act of vandalism and cultural violence this was. the heads that we see before us here were several of the objects that graced ancestral altars throughout the palace and the purpose of those altars was very much to maintain the lineage, to maintain the kingdom. the plaques that were being removed from the walls throughout the city were visualisations of the benin kingdom's history and heritage, and those were all taken away in a wholesale export of this material, leaving very, very little behind. tell me, why are you now and on

they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze in 2021.ronzes and agreed to release over 1,000 items from their collections. the horniman in london has also sent pieces back to nigeria, and soon cambridge university's museum of archaeology and anthropology will follow suit. we've identified 116 objects that were taken during the punitive expedition of 1897, and those are the objects that we will be transferring ownership of. i think it's impossible to overstate just how severe an act of vandalism and cultural violence this was. the heads that we see before us here were several of the objects that graced ancestral altars throughout the palace, and the purpose of those altars was very much to maintain the lineage, to maintain the kingdom. the plaques that had been removed from the walls throughout the city were visualisations of the benin kingdom's history and heritage, and those were all taken away in a wholesale export of this material, leaving very, very little behind. tell me, why are you now and only now returning some of the pieces? i

benin's forests rovide our cities? benin's forests provide energy. _ our cities?food and| our cities? benin's forests - provide energy, food and income they are disappearing at an alarming rate. according to the world bank, the country's forest, fell more than 20% between 2005 and 2015. in one year alone, 2017, 3.3 million tons of wood was turned into charcoal. the hope is, roland's eco— charcoal can do something about that. eco- charcoal can do something about that-— eco- charcoal can do something about that. ~ ,, ~ ., , about that. translation: it has the same shape _ about that. translation: it has the same shape as _ about that. translation: it has the same shape as charcoal- about that. translation: it has the same shape as charcoal but l the same shape as charcoal but here the process does not contribute to deforestation. we don't need to cut trees and forest, we don't need to destroy all the vegetation to reap the rewards. it doesn't really pollute the environment, it doesn't destroy. this really pollute the environment, it doesn't destroy.— it doesn't dest

benin�*s forests provide energy, food and income, but they're disappearing at an alarming rate.en 2005 and 2015. in one year alone, 2017, 3.3 million tons of wood were turned into charcoal. the hope is roland's eco—charcoal can do something about that. translation: it has - the same shape as charcoal, but here, the process does not contribute to deforestation. we don't need to cut trees in he forest, we don't need —— in the forest, we don't need to destroy all the vegetation to reap the rewards. this doesn't really pollute the environment, it doesn't destroy. this is traditional charcoal. sacks of it are transported the country, mostly used as a fuel for cooking. but this is roland's eco—friendly version in action. it's only a start, there's a long way to go, but perhaps it will provide a better recipe for benin�*s environment. tim allman, bbc news. the world's largest coffee chain, starbucks, is putting its own touch on italy's coffee scene. it's launching a line of olive oil—infused drinks. starbucks�*s chief executive howard schultz promises it will enhance coffee with an "un

and it's there in what was once known as the kingdom of benin that i want to start this story. bronze casting. its name literally translates to "the place "where bronze works are made." just five minutes from the palace, traditionally, it was the royal family and dignitaries who'd commissioned pieces to mark historical events. this man spent 15 years mastering his craft. i've been into bronze casting from childhood. i was taught by my father, which my father was taught by the forefathers. and it has been a family business, family work. so we've grown into it, as a living. he's part of an exclusive guild of bronze casters which has 120 members that mostly work on this street... ..all practising a centuries old technique where wax models are used to create a detailed mould for the bronze to be cast in. it takes up to two weeks to make a piece, and it did take up to a month, depending on the size of the job or the artwork.

benin and other countries, with any attempts of rebellion and riots. brutally, suppressed only in the struggle for independence from france killed more than 2 million inhabitants of africa as a whole, according to historians from africa to america until the middle of the 19th century. delivered about 14 million black slaves, and from one to two-thirds millions of slaves who were in the holds of ships did not reach their destination, who died from exhaustion and illness of people, slave traders. they just threw out the west instead of freedom and equality. divide and conquer, and you don’t repent, today he robbed a wet johnson and others for lawlessness. shaw is bloody. the behavior seems to be the other way around. want even more. casualties only now on the territory of ukraine the crisis after the second world war gave an understanding to keep africa in the same format. it hardly succeeds and the west is deceiving again 1960 decolonization took place continent. true, only on paper the principle of subjugation and gain was preserved, despite the formal

benin and other countries. with this, any attempts to revolt are riots. were suppressed only in the struggle for independence from france, more than 2 million people died in africa as a whole, according to historians, from africa to america until the middle of the 19th century, about 14 million dark-skinned slaves, and from one to two thirds of the slaves who were in the holds of ships did not reach their destination, millions who died from exhaustion and illness of people, slave traders. they just threw away the smell instead of freedom and equality. share. rule, indeed. it seems to me that today macron johnson and others for the lawlessness of robbery. and bloody. the behavior seems to be the other way around. want even more.

emma: joy's dreams of la dolce vita started to sour shortly after she left her home in benin city, nigeriae sahara to libya, and then on to italy by boat. in libya, she says she was raped by seven men in one night. in italy, her nigerian madam showed no mercy. joy: because when i came out, i was actually pregnant. i remember saying that i was actually pregnant, and four months. but she made me remove it to-- so i was forced to remove the pregnancy, and with blood and everything, you have to go to the streets. emma: was it a doctor? joy: oh, it's a doctor. at home, not in a hospital. an african man inside his house. that's where they do it. and that's it. emma: and you had to go straight out to work. joy: yeah. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] emma: roberto saviano has been in hiding for almost 13 years. his book "gomorrah" blew the le of italy's main mafia rings, the camorra. now it wants him dead. roberto agreed to meet us in a secret location where he's protected by his security detail. the camorra is the presiding mafia power in naples and in castel volturno. he t

they were the first institution in the world to return a benin bronze, in 2021.t were taken during the punitive expedition of 1897, and those are the objects that we will be transferring ownership of. i think it's impossible to overstate just how severe an act of vandalism and cultural violence this was. the heads that we see before us here were several of the objects that graced ancestral altars throughout the palace, and the purpose of those altars was very much to maintain the lineage, to maintain the kingdom. the plaques that had been removed from the walls throughout the city were visualisations of the benin kingdom's history and heritage, and those were all taken away in a wholesale export of this material, leaving very, very little behind. tell me, why are you now and only now returning some of the pieces? i think it's the right time for these collections to go back. one might say it's long overdue. i think the main reason, the most recent reason, is that there has been a request from the nigerian government, and i think fundamentally for us it's the right

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benin and other countries. with this, any attempts to revolt are riots.y suppressed only in the struggle for independence from france, more than 2 million inhabitants of africa died as a whole, according to historians from africa to america until the middle of the xix centuries, about 14 million dark-skinned slaves were delivered, and from one to two- thirds of the slaves who were in the holds of ships , millions of slave traders who died from exhaustion and illness did not reach their destination. they just threw away the smell instead of freedom and equality. share. rule, indeed. it seems to me that today macron johnson and others for the lawlessness of robbery. and bloody. the adventure seems. even vice versa. i want even more victims, only now on the territory of ukraine the crisis after the second world war gave an understanding to keep africa the same format. it hardly succeeds and the west is again deceiving 1960 the continent was decolonized. true, only on paper the principle of subjugation and gain was preserved, despite the formal decolonization

thousands of benin bronzes were seized by the british over a century ago, and scattered across the westor us, it's the right thing to do, and it's for the people whose heritage this is. in the meantime, do check out our pages on social media. there's all sorts of great travel content there from around the bbc. but that's it for now. see you next time, and goodbye. hello there. there's a lot of settled and dry weather to come for many of us over the next few days and indeed even into the weekend. it's going to be very mild as well. certainly on friday it's going to be extremely mild for early february. and that area of high pressure will bring a lot of dry weather, too. these weather fronts will always be flirting with the north of the uk, bringing rain at times, particularly to the northern half of scotland. and it will be a little bit windier here as well. as you can see more isobars on the charts. but we start thursday off on a mild, fairly cloudy note across the south, even into southern scotland, parts of northern ireland as well. a little bit cooler for the northeast of scotland. i

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reporter: so far, 26 artifacts have been returned to benin but that hasn't stopped anti-french sentimentm getting a ground across africa. anchor: next, a store that never seems to end but could change. brexit has dominated much of the public discourse in the u.k. in europe, ihas pulled at the lucifer -- the loose threads of british society. p.m. rishi sunak met with the eu. northern ireland has been a roadblock to a clean exit but after years of discussion the sides say they've come to an agreement. but not all sides are happy with the deal. our reporter breaks it down. reporter: goods shipped here in holly had in wales have since brexit had heavy e.u. paperwork even though it's heading to northern ireland. that's been part of the problem with northern island protocol, which london and brussels says have been resolved. they hailed what is called the windsor framework and a new chapter in u.k. and e.u. ties. >> it delivers smooth flowing trade within the whole united kingdom, protects northern ireland's place in our union and safeguards sovereignty for the people of northern ireland. >> t

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benin licked smacking his lips, which when take said that he jumped up in part and ran to fulfill andeels that he can finally take revenge on his recent benefactor in full. and after all, he congratulated me on his birthday. and with great pleasure. uh, honestly, we congratulate you. yes, in general, i wish you all that the guys will say and friends and time and health and children and grandchildren. in general , i wish you next year, so that you have everything as before, and we have at least something changed. and now it looks like. so now they came to bina, you didn’t understand that everything. everything, here show the area in the sad house. all because the panama papers or some kind of zelensky was stealing money for money. they have been tormenting him for a long time. they've wanted to plant him for a long time. zelensky has long wanted to be there, he has been trying something else for a long time , they are running away from the americans, and now the americans have said. all the jumps are over, with carnations, you will be nailed to do what you say. and hit, but what else ,

years, even at the same time that the drug could be that, that they wanted between that got this cab, benin, gracing so even in one way you have these wire between that got this and another way at the same time, in almost in this same see piece where these wire east had been inc, a cure hours. so they did. so they of the journalist and sadly, no one, even the government or all the air force of all, all of these, none convert them it over never own organizations can have been able to stop these by list. i can say just there's a growing number of areas inside of mexico that have gone silent, you know, places that have become information dead zone where the press is effectively silenced because of the intimidation that they receive from the cartels and other actors as well. what does the emergence of these zones of silence mean for the people living inside of those communities really affects and deeply democracy? of course, because if you don't catch me be at that report there's that are able to informed to their society what is happening. not just in them out there, so of folks like safety al

read although benin, because we were reading too much into how the word shaped. both the pandemic and political and i'm even thinking that no nation to be probably one of the war to conventional water this particular state. but if we had gone pads, dba and understood the russian mind, we were to realised that the red lines had already been crossed. and president wooten was willing to commit as conventional forces to defend russian interest in eastern europe. that is very clear other than americans are concerned there that it would be a proxy war, that they will not come into their own groups over not coming to europe in groups to just through ukraine, through the comprehensive rational bought of ukraine. only that this would be for, i'm not sure that this is if venomous packaged, although i'm also not for american deployment or any other natal deployment, because that will make the situation so, so dangerous that we are almost getting into the eyes of a code. we're wall, but a boat sites now at this stage, have to realised that this ward is unwinnable. it is caus

our street debate takes us to cotton in benin, where my colleague camel raji hosts a debate on what the young people think about. rush is relationship with africa. ah, governors your vote. welcome to our show, this 77 percent st debate to man the summer. this week, we are in a cotton, new online in square, a place that commemorates the friendship between the soviet union and been in it. debina. audrey was all today. we're going to discuss a very current topic with young bernice binion was russia's influence in africa's on affleck case. good. what do young africans think about m out c j? well, and i'll start with a young political activist story. chris tell still, how do you perceive russia's influence on in africa? guess goes to love with the solo, more on them then 3, in terms of influence. we see russia has a power that comes with a chair of hopes and fears. law a, the kind they kind the basket fears because we know that when russia arrived in the country, it does not care about the way internal politics are conducted like gala de la r y, the opinions you left us, not all apple it dow

we are also aware that the central bank in benin, one of the cities in southern nigeria, has also beenel the crowds. and so it's been chaotic in most of the cities. people are angry. they do not have access to cash. and some banks are refusing to accept the old notes, despite the supreme court's order to suspend the deadline implemented by the central bank. the apex court adjourned the case to next wednesday. now, this is barely three days to the country's general elections, although the supreme court maintained that its order on february 8th, which it suspended the deadline from being implemented by the central bank, must be upheld. the central bank has still remained silent, not really saying anything. the federal government has also not really said anything concrete. but the people who are feeling the impact the most do not have access to the new notes. also, some commercial banks are refusing to change the old notes to the new ones. over three weeks, nigerians have been in queues reporting to banking halls as early as 6am local time just to get enough cash. some people have actuall

africans from just about every nation i mean ghana, benin like you just can't even everywhere. they're coming in cameroon, congo, somalia, morocco, mauritania, you name it. they're coming through and, you know, i've met liberian boys and sierra leoneans and there have been just atrocious wars there with, you know, terror, all the worst kinds of human rights violations that you can imagine right out of a horror flick who are crossing our border. and we don't know who whether they were victims or the perpetrators. they're tossing their ids. i found them. you can find their passports. that means that we probably in the coming years will find that we are giving sanctuary to warlords and people, that that committed terrible crimes against humanity. all of these things, terrorism, espionage, a lots of chinese crossing through the border, people from iran, people who are from nations that are adversarial to us that would love to plant some some good old fashioned spies and in the united states. and we would never know it. tell me about the got away is those people who run they're evad

benin and other countries.y attempts to revolt are riots. brutally suppressed only in the struggle for independence more than 2 million inhabitants of africa died from france ; in general, according to historians , about 14 million dark-skinned slaves were delivered from africa to america until the middle of the 19th century, and from one to two thirds of the slaves who were in the holds of ships , millions died of exhaustion did not reach their destination and diseases of people, slave traders. they just threw away the smell instead of freedom and equality. share. dominate, because today macron johnson and others do not repent for the lawlessness of robbery. and bloody. the adventure seems. even vice versa. i just want more victims now on the territory of ukraine the crisis after the second world war gave an understanding to keep africa in the same format. it hardly succeeds and the west is again deceiving 1960 the continent was decolonized. true, only on paper the principle of subjugation and gain was preserv

benin was especially remembered by the journalist for his non-diplomatic gesture.ushed his shoulder after being touched by the french president. and now joe biden announces a generous visit to africa in 2023 with a bag of money to overweight intends to invest 55 billion dollars counter. i would like to emphasize that the us needs common success and common opportunities in africa, we see how the whole world is doing well there . frankly speaking. in the view of ordinary people who judge africa by the travel bloggers trying to get deeper into the most unsightly part of the black continent, it may seem that this part of the world is just such a slum, garbage and terrible working conditions. well, there is another africa, skyscrapers , high-speed railways, and looking at all this , a reasonable question may arise, where money and why everyone is staring at this continent africa rich in rare earths and minerals and other commodities think the us would invade iraq if you were broccoli iraq's main export. africa has what everyone else needs they have what the world needs

benin was especially remembered by the journalist for his non-diplomatic gesture.brushed his shoulder after being touched by the french president. and now joe biden is announcing a generous 2023 visit to africa with a bag of money in excess intends to invest 55 billion us dollars . in the view of ordinary people who judge africa by the travel bloggers trying to get deeper into the very unsightly part of the black continent, it may seem that this part of the world is just such a slum of garbage and terrible working conditions. but there is another africa, skyscrapers, high-speed railroads, and looking at all this, a reasonable question may arise, where does the money come from and why everyone began to peer so closely at this continent africa rich in rare earth and minerals, as well as other commodities, do you think the united states would invade iraq if you iraq's main export would be broccoli. africa has what everyone else needs they have what the world needs, their voices will be or the fact that africa is the youngest continent in the world and africans are rea