this is the british museum. ou consider the controversy surrounding the artifacts they hold, the argument goes that they are nearly custodians, that they are protecting and guarding a country's cultural heritage. how damaging is that to a museum's reputation? >> extremely damaging. the worldwide press has gotten a hold of this. the greek media is all over it. they are now confronting the british museum with decades of a very arrogant and patronizing argument that greece could not safeguard their own treasures. now come to grace's pointing the finger at the british museum and saying, maybe our parthenon marbles are not so safe in london after all. christian: fascinating. good to talk to you this evening. thank you. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's take a look at the stories making headlines in the u.k. former metropolitan police officer, who abused his position to prey on women and girls, has been in jail for a series of rapes spanning eight years. the court heard the 44-year-old's pre

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there what i'd like to see the british museum museum do is be the british museum.the items in there that should that that we took or arrived from other countries should go back to their country of origin, which is where they should be exhibited. >> daniel, should we hand everything countries everything back to the countries of origin ? of origin? >> i think the question on that is always going to be who has the correct legal title to something. if it was bought, if it acquired properly, then it was acquired properly, then it was acquired properly, then it belongs to the people who acquired belongs to acquired it. and it belongs to the museum . if something the museum. if something was stolen you can show it was stolen and you can show it was stolen and you can show it was stolen and you can show it was stolen and of course theft shouldn't rewarded it shouldn't be rewarded and it shouldn't be rewarded and it should returned that is should be returned and that is the approach we should take. but anyidea the approach we should take. but any idea that everything that c

one does not expect this from the british museum. ke this in sweden, where a curator was stealing objects from the swedish museum, the swedish library, various smaller museums, barring armani suits, cars, when he was confronted he committed suicide and the objects that he had sold were still being found by your organised mission today. an eerily similar case. in this case we have someone to interview and put pressure on to tell us where these objects may have gone. this pressure on to tell us where these objects may have gone.— objects may have gone. this is no small museum _ objects may have gone. this is no small museum is _ objects may have gone. this is no small museum is at? _ objects may have gone. this is no small museum is at? this - objects may have gone. this is no small museum is at? this is - small museum is at? this is the british museum, when you consider the controversy surrounding some of the controversy surrounding some of the artefacts they hold, the argument goes that they are merely custodians. they are protecting

the director of the british museum speaks out, saying it's frustrating the person who raised concernsbout missing artefacts did not reveal they had more in their possession. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start this hour on the moon! india is the first country in the world to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole. it was a tense last six minutes. remember, this is an uncrewed mission, everything was controlled here in the control room, there was no one on board. just so you know, the prime minister of india was not there, he was being beamed in, and watch the moment. —— watched. we there, he was being beamed in, and watch the moment. -- watched. we are minutes away — watch the moment. -- watched. we are minutes away from _ watch the moment. -- watched. we are minutes away from the _ watch the moment. -- watched. we are minutes away from the start _ watch the moment. -- watched. we are minutes away from the start of - minutes away from the start of our descent _ minutes away fro

is it damaging the reputation of the british museum i for the museum.tion of the british museum and just museums in general that this can happen? everyone will be looking at their collections and asking what has gone. at their collections and asking what has one. , ., at their collections and asking what has one. i. , ., ., ., ~' at their collections and asking what has one. ,, , ., ., ., ~ ., has gone. everyone should look at their own collections _ has gone. everyone should look at their own collections and - has gone. everyone should look at| their own collections and especially their own collections and especially the british museum because i would not be _ the british museum because i would not be surprised if they find themselves amongst the museum community, once they undertake this crosschecking with inventory is, that there — crosschecking with inventory is, that there could be unfortunate surprises — that there could be unfortunate surprises. but that there could be unfortunate surrises. �* �* , ~ , surprises. but the british museum is this re

the director of the british museum speaks out, saying it's frustrating the person who raised concerns about missing artefacts did not reveal they had more in their possession. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start this hour on the moon. india is the first country to land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon. a moment of history for the moon. a moment of history for the country. it was a tense final six minutes as it descended onto the lunar surface. we'll show you the moment. first, we take you inside the control room, just before landing. remember, this was in an crewed spacecraft, no one on board, everything controlled from here in the control room. and just to explain what we are going to see, the president, narendra modi was not there, so he was beamed up on a screen to watch, and also on the screen to watch, and also on the screen was a graphic, a computer—generated representation of the land as it descended. here's india's prime minister narendra modi. cheering and applau

if it's true that items from the british museum did end up being sold independently, outside museum,as crucially, did the british museum respond to initial complaints and allegations put to it in a timely and proportionate manner? now, there's a police investigation under way and the british museum has also commissioned an independent review of everything that's gone on, so i suspect for a lot of that, we won't find the answers to those questions for rather a long time. a woman has become the first here in the uk to be given a transplanted womb. she was born without a uterus because of a rare medical disorder. then her older sister — who already has children — offered to donate her womb for the transplant. it's an operation that has already been carried out successfully in other countries around the world, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34—year—old woman, donated by her ao—year—old sister. the surgery in next door operating theatres at the churchill hospital in oxford in february lasted around 17 hours. it was an amazing da

i understand the british museum is restricted from i british museum is restricted from commenting onion, but these e—mails pile more pressure on this uk institution. katie razzall, bbc news. wildfires in greece have claimed the lives of 18 more people. their bodies were found in a forested area not far from the turkish border. work is under way to try to identify them. the fire service says they may be migrants. 0ur correspondent robin brant has the story. the heat is intense, the scale immense. since the weekend, around 40,000 hectares — that's the size of manchester and birmingham combined — has burned. winds turning turbines have also fanned the flames. and this morning, a horrific discovery. translation: in the wildfire of alexandroupolis, - in an on—site inspection by the fire department, in the wider area of avantas, 18 bodies were found near a shack. locals said all that's needed now is prayers and rain. in the meantime, they do what they can. "fire, only fire. that's what we could see," this man said. "only fire. the wind was so strong." greece has struggled to contain the fi

british the museum reads the list of requests for patriation of stolen cultural property, and me english woman returning from vacation on the airport baggage belt an idol from easter island by the british as a gift to queen victoria a souvenir that the inhabitants of the island have been trying to return for a long time and unsuccessfully, so the greek government is trying to return marble and parthenon india kohinoor diamond from the royal crown of the windsors, but from the time of queen victoria and up to the current prime ministers from the former david cameron, then as colonial slave-owners to the present decision of the sunk. whose ancestors witnessed britain's colonial power over their country the koh-i-noor diamond, are you ever going to return it like it's never been asked before, but what's the deal with questions like that if i answer? yes, at least once, then the british museum will remain empty, the british museum, it did not remain empty, because it has only one negative answer to endless requests, which is why there was such interest in britain in the case when t

yes, at least once, then the british museum will remain empty, the british museum, did not remain emptyuse it has one negative answer to endless requests, which is why there was such interest in britain in the case when they stole from those who themselves were used to stealing no, got used to just borrowing without the permission of the owners in the interests of the world community and the opinion of monuments in a foreign culture elizaveta herzen boris khalfin anastasia medvedeva alexander gusev and susana prutchikov's television company ntv london, that 's all we have for now, go to ntv.ru. see you. valeria gavrilovskaya we are on the air hello and we start the release with an outrageous story that happened early in the morning in the moscow region, nakhabino, where a migrant attacked a girl who was jogging in a local park when she saw an athlete in tight-fitting shorts. foreign experts. he ran up to her and grabbed her hand and punched her in the face. it’s good that eyewitnesses quickly intervened and the inadequate guest stopped beating people russia explained his act by the fact

yes, at least once, then the british museum will remain empty, the british museum, it did not remainuse it has only one negative answer to endless requests, which is why there was such interest in britain in the case when they stole from those who themselves were used to stealing no, accustomed to simply borrowing at all without the permission of the owners in the interests of the world communities. and the preservation of monuments in a foreign culture elizaveta herzen boris khalfin anastasia medvedeva alexander gusev and susana prutchikova tv company ntv london today soyuz launch vehicle was launched from baikonur by cargo ship progress the space truck was successfully launched into orbit and has already begun independently flight to the iss on board 2.5 tons of cargo, in particular, drinking, water and food supplies, by the way, this time in orbit, the crew members will try to cook kefir for themselves, a planned experiment to obtain fermented milk probiotics of the earth. on an alien also went into orbit, at the request of sergei prokopiev , a figure of the hero of the famous fil

here in the uk the director of the british museum is bringing forward his resignation over the way them its polish action. acknowledging the museum have not responded appropriately to report that items will being offered for sale when they emerged in 2021. our arts correspondent gave us is update arts correspondent gave us is update a short time ago. we arts correspondent gave us is update a short time age-— arts correspondent gave us is update a short time ago-— a short time ago. we have had this statement from _ a short time ago. we have had this statement from the _ a short time ago. we have had this statement from the director - a short time ago. we have had this statement from the director of - statement from the director of the british museum saying that actually, they've slightly amended, is not to be stepping down immediately but he says he will be stepping down as soon as possible board of the british museum have establish an interim leadership arrangement and that will stay in place until the new director is chosen. he was in the near future anyway but any two events have has

you know, the british museum is a museum of our common humanity.the former chancellor george osborne, his institution under pressure. because, of course, we now believe more than 1500 items were stolen, damaged or are missing from this place with the british museum under increasing scrutiny. this is already being reported across the globe in the media. the british museum is a, probably the world's most famous museum. so the culture department would be wanting to assure itself from the board of trustees and george osborne that it has the governance in place to protect these items now and in the future and to prevent anything like this ever happening again. just as damaging is what happened later. according to the e—mail chain, dr gradel sent his evidence to george osborne via another trustee in october 2022, saying he was certain the british museum management had preferred to sweep the whole affair under the carpet. the next day, george osborne e—mailed hartwig fischer, the museum director. "these are very serious allegations," he says, and asked fo

british museum is probably the world's most famous museum, so the culture department will be wantingtees and george osborne that it has the in place to protect these items now and the future, and to prevent anything like this from ever happening again. just as damaging is what happened later. according to the e—mail chain, the director sent his evidence to george osborne, the chair of the british museum, by another trustee in october 2022, saying he was certainly british museum management have preferred to sweep the whole affair under the carpet. the next day, george osborne e—mailed the museum director, saying these are very serious allegations and asked for answers. that same day, he e—mailed the trustee saying there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations. george osborne was told in january this year that was a demonstrable falsehood, and george osborne replied saying he was taking the comments very seriously. finally, scotland yard was called in to investigate, more than two years after the original allegations were first brought to the museum door, raising red flags for

nobody will believe that's been stolen from the british museum until the british museum says, "yes, that'ssays, "yes, that's ours." of course the police is investigating all that so we will have to wait for the outcome of that investigation. so it is a completed process at the moment. d0 so it is a completed process at the moment. ~ ., ., , moment. do we know anything more about the member _ moment. do we know anything more about the member of _ moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff _ moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff who - moment. do we know anything more about the member of staff who was l about the member of staff who was dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter _ dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, _ dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, a _ dismissed this week? we understand the name is peter higgs, a senior- the name is peter higgs, a senior curator at the museum, but they've given us no details of the reason he was dismissed. and also, we understand that his son spoke to a journal

the british museum is a museum of common humanity. . .— the british museum is a museum of common humanityhaired by the _ of common humanity... museum is chaired by the former _ chaired by the former chancellor george osborne. we now believe more than 1500 items were stolen, damaged or are missing, with the british museum under increasing scrutiny. it museum under increasing scrutiny-— museum under increasing scrutin. ., ., , , scrutiny. it has already been re orted scrutiny. it has already been reported across _ scrutiny. it has already been reported across the - scrutiny. it has already been reported across the globe i scrutiny. it has already been reported across the globe in j reported across the globe in the media, the british museum is probably the world's most famous museum. so the culture department will want assurances from the board of trustees and george osborne that it has governance in place to protect these items now and in the future, and to prevent anything like this ever happening again. just as damaging, what happened later. according to the e—mail change, the doctor sent

they were exactly the same as one in the british museum. - as one in the british museum. response seems to have been. _ was the response? the response seems to have been. we — was the response? the response seems to have been, we will— was the response? the response seems to have been, we will look— was the response? the response seems to have been, we will look into - was the response? the response seems to have been, we will look into it. - to have been, we will look into it. really. it was a sort of brush off. the museum has now dismissed a member of staff. he has been named as doctor peter higgs, a senior curator in charge of greek collections. the bbc hasn�*t been able to speak to him. his son has denied his father has done anything wrong and says it isn�*t fair. one expert told us speed is vital in this case. it expert told us speed is vital in this case-— this case. it is so important to have everything _ this case. it is so important to have everything documented l this case. it is so important to l have everything documented at this case. it is so important to -

british museum is a aloball happened here? british museum is a globally renowned _ happened here?isited attractions notjust in london but across the whole country. a hugely significant place. tonight, they are investigating alongside the metropolitan police as you had mentioned, what looks like possibly an insidejob. we had a statement from two hours ago, a page long, and that they detailed items that they say they discovered earlier this year were missing, stolen or damaged. as a result of that a member of staff, and their words, has been dismissed. these items, what do we know? small pieces kept in a storeroom and apparently they have not been on display recently, as you say, gold jewellery is included among them and gems of semiprecious stones and glass. they date back to the 15th century ad, sorry bc, all up to the 19th century a:d.. so these could be around three and a half thousand years old. george osborne is a former high—profile politician in the uk, chairman of the british museum said the priority now is to find out what has been stolen and make sure it does not happen a

elizaveta herzen conducted her own investigation the british museum historically does not like the wordext to the name of the museum - this word is repeated by almost all newspapers from the collection stole about 2,000 jewelry up to 3.5 thousand years old years and worth tens of millions of pounds, member of the ancient greek art department , peter hecks. removed from office, although he has not yet been charged in the museum hierarchy by a curator with 35 years of experience. big size. respected man. it can be assumed that the guards did not force him to open the briefcase before the end of each working day trusted. that you are carrying a rembrandt painting to jewelers, an antique dealer and a pawnshop , the police are now looking for jewelry; several rings have surfaced on the internet for mere pennies. or maybe they were limousine rings, no one does not state anything, since the museum does not show a list or photographs of the stolen, or does not have about 80,000 items on display in the british museum. this is only one percent of the entire collection, and about 8 million artifac

the director of the british museum presides off to a series of fifths. when live in london, the president of the spanish football federation refuses to resign from his controversial behavior at the women's world cup finals. the an absolute not that is how the spokesman for the russian president is describing reports of the criminal order. the kidding of guinea pig, goshen. the leader of the was the most and the group was listed as being among the 7 passengers. i'm 3 crew members of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday. that crash came 2 months after the former ally of pollution. that a short lived mutiny against the military leaders in moscow. and the statement released on thursday, whose incentives, condolences to the families of those who died. he described precaution as a talented businessman, but said he had made serious mistakes in life. the speak to daniel hawkins. he's joining us live from moscow. so the 1st denial from the crime that it had anything to do with the oceans, death has they beat any reaction to this, daniel? would

protected in the british museum.t in the british museum. george osborne is chair of the british museum, and he responded to those claims on the bbc�*s today programme. we obviously have to improve security. indeed, we've already taken steps this year to increase security around the strong rooms and storerooms in which these sorts of items are held. the argument over what should happen to the artefacts has been raging for years. the greek prime minister has said that he wants them to be returned permanently. and injune, just before his re—election, he said this.... translation: if the greek people trust us again, - i believe we could achieve this target after the elections. under current uk law, the british museum is prevented from returning the marbles permanently, even if it wanted to. but mr osborne and the greek prime minister have been working on a temporary loan plan. and despite the recent crisis, the financial times has reported that mr osborne believes a historic cultural swap deal can still be pulled off. bu

very strong words for the british museum of always i for the british museum of always said some of these ~ :, , noses. that kind of weakens the british museum _ noses. that kind of weakens the british museum skate _ noses. that kind of weakens the british museum skate sending i noses. that kind of weakens the - british museum skate sending george osborne is trying to move on from that and keep it away from that by mendicant deals.— that and keep it away from that by mendicant deals. which would give the greeks access _ mendicant deals. which would give the greeks access to _ mendicant deals. which would give the greeks access to the _ mendicant deals. which would give the greeks access to the marbles l mendicant deals. which would give| the greeks access to the marbles in a way— the greeks access to the marbles in a way that— the greeks access to the marbles in a way that could happen quickly without — a way that could happen quickly without issues of ownership. gr without issues of ownership. technical without issues of ownership. (1) technical result in the world athletics championship

obtained in the british museum.his time, the custodians of the funds did not notice or noticed anything on the leadership. asked silence them. in general , there are too many questions for the world's largest repository of a work of art, as well as for slander, with regard to restitution. this topic is periodically raised, but museum workers from all over the world are against restitution, because then everything will fall down like the house of cards of kurbatov's songs. today in moscow , tatyana moskalkova and jamilya jamanbayeva, ombudsmen for human rights of russia of kyrgyzstan, signed the protocols of interaction for this and the next years, in fact. this is a joint action plan to make people's lives better in russia about 200,000 million citizens are now working. many of the kyrgyz people have been in our country for many years and practically do not return to their homeland. earlier, the ambutsumens held a joint reception of representatives of the kyrgyz diaspora, all the problems that the migrants told abou

beijing demands from the british museum to return the removed artifacts, the state-run chinese publicationinsists that the british should return all chinese cultural relics, originally obtained in the colonial period in a dubious way the reason for the publication was the scandalous revelations that valuable exhibits had been disappearing from the collection of the british museum in london for years, as the preliminary results of the investigation showed , stealing this cannot be ensured. reliability return earlier the british museum announced the theft of the disappearance and damage to many valuable exhibits. many of them later appeared on the internet auction. there are now 23,000 cultural relics from china in the british museum, ranging from small bronzes and scrolls to statues. well, by the way, earlier with a similar the demand for the british museum was made by the authorities of greece in moscow, the superfinal of the russian beach football championship was held , the capital's lokomotiv and crystals of st. petersburg, the flying ball was in the goal net 17 times, stas radikultsev

the director of the british museum says he is stepping down with immediate effect, after admitting he" to warnings about thefts from the museum in 2021. hartwig fischer had previously said there was "no evidence" to substantiate claims of theft, when estimates suggest more than 1500 objects are missing, stolen or damaged. david silitto reports. the british museum, one of the greatest repositories of the world treasures and someone has been stealing them. it's understood more than 1500 objects disappeared and two years ago a danish and took the dealer told the museum directors he'd seen some of their treasures on sale on ebay, and it's that warning that has led to the director of the museum, hartwig fischer, announcing he will be leaving museum rather sooner than he'd been planning. in a statement, he said... i spoke to the man who first raised those warnings, dr ittai gradel. the essence is they felt to take your warnings seriously. they refused to listen or have engagement with me to stop they had no questions to ask me. they never wanted to include me in the so—called thorough inves

greek tv dominated this weekend by the theft from the british museum. ses questions about the safety and integrity of all the museum's exhibits. and she means these, the elgin marbles. if the museum can't look after other items in the collection, suggests the greeks, it reinforces their country's demand for the return of the classical sculptures to athens. very diplomatic, pretty blatant opportunism. this is a serious matter, important treasures have gone missing from storage in the british museum, but it is not the mona lisa as the greeks are trying to wrap it up to be. i know the british museum are taking this tremendously seriously. said quite bluntl that tremendously seriously. said quite bluntly that the _ tremendously seriously. said quite bluntly that the elgin _ tremendously seriously. said quite bluntly that the elgin marbles - tremendously seriously. said quite bluntly that the elgin marbles are l bluntly that the elgin marbles are safe in_ bluntly that the elgin marbles are safe in the british museum, it is the safest — safe in the british mus

so a new guy i go is outside the british museum to the resignation of the director of the british museum, completes a week of turmoil for the institution as it tries to get to the bottom of these alleged facts. now, mr. fisher, the outgoing direct to have said that he had noticed that there was something arise as far back as 2021. but it was really in 2022. when that had been a full audits of the objects, the artifacts at the museum. but he realized the extent of the problem. nevertheless, one member of stuff has been sacked on police on now investigating the looking into exactly what happened with the had even been reports from antiquities deal is that something artifacts had already been put on for sale in places such as ebay objects . it was quite tens of thousands of pounds being sold for as little as $50.00, but with respect to the security of the artifacts that have been many complaints that that needs to be extra questions off of the british museum. because of course, still being housed at the kaufmann sculptures, otherwise known as the oak and mobiles. now, greece is minister of

we canjoin david outside the british museum now. just how embarrassing is this for the museum?re two points here. first, how long this has been going on. remember, it was february 2021 when the first alert was made. that was an exchange of letters, right up until october 2022. the museum was still saying, we had investigated, the case is closed. it was only when the case is closed. it was only when the trustees were contacted that they looked a bit harder and they realised within two months that stuff was missing. then there is the wider point. it's notjust the parthenon sculptures. there are many countries with questions about objects here. one of the arguments that has been used over the years is, look, it's the british museum, the safest place they could be. and then something like this happens. yes, an embarrassment.— then something like this happens. yes, an embarrassment. thank you, david sillitoe _ yes, an embarrassment. thank you, david sillitoe reporting. _ it's not often that a photograph makes history, but this one — the first mugshot ever of a former us president —

and the director of the british museum has resigned. after nearly 2000 artifacts go missing, stay with us the the low they will have a look at africa in alignment the bus to the middle east and it is a launch we settled the picture across much of the region. temperatures have been sitting exceptionally high in places like a rock as well as q 8, but we will see them start to come down of the next few days. not just because it is like baghdad, but also across some of the gulf states. we've got $43.00 across the board for re at doha, and do buy as we get into sunday. now there's a laundry quite and dry picture. we could always see some showers starting to creep into the southwest of saudi arabia, but make a whole strong at 41 degrees celsius. the. now cairo has been seeing a lot of heat. we are on $41.00 degrees celsius, one above the average. so this time of year, however, as we go into sunday, it will be something of a slight cool down for the laundry, hot and dry picture. across a move of africa, a few showers may be creeping into coast

around 2,000 items are thought to have been stolen from the british museum, but some of the missing treasurescovered. that's according to the museum's chairman. the organisation is one of the uk's most prestigious cultural institutions, but revealed earlier this month that a number of treasures were reported missing, stolen or damaged. a member of museum staff suspected of involvement has been sacked. and hartwig fischer, the museum director, is stepping down after saying a 2021 investigation was mishandled. former chancellor, george osborne, is now chair of trustees at the british museum and has been speaking to radio 4's today programme. on behalf of the british museum, i want to apologise for what has happened. we believe we have been the victim of thefts over a long period of time and frankly, more could have been done to prevent them, but i promise you this. it is a mess that we are going to clear up and i can tell you today that we have already started to recover some of the stolen items and we are going to deliver the stronger leadership that the public and the dedicated staff of the m

, in london, with some items being sold, allegedly on ebay, now the british museum said a fullnwhile, a member of staff at the museum, a curator there, after a disciplinary procedure, was dismissed, we don't know the reasons as to why they were dismissed, just the fact that that has happened. now, in the last few minutes, we had a statement through from the head of the british museum, who says, when allegations were brought to us in 2021, we took them incredibly seriously, and immediately set up an investigation, with concerns only being raised about a small number of items, and our investigation concluded that those items were all accounted for. we've no reason to believe that the individual who raised concerns had many more items in his possession, and it is frustrating that that was knocked reveals to us. it would have aided our investigations. in 2022, we embark —— embark on a full audit, which revealed a bigger problem. i reported my consent of the trustees, and together we agreed to call in the police. we also then began the discipline we process that resulted in a member

a member of staff at the british museum has been dismissed, and the metropolitan police are investigating." 0ur correspondent robin brant is at the museum for us now. tell us more. this is one of the most visited _ tell us more. this is one of the most visited tourist _ tell us more. this is one of the most visited tourist attractions | tell us more. this is one of the l most visited tourist attractions in the country and the british museum is a globally renowned institution but tonight there is a roomy inside the building that for all intents and purposes, it is being treated as and purposes, it is being treated as a crime scene —— there is a room. there was a statement from the british museum that detailed what happened, as they discovered earlier this year that items among the collection were missing, stolen or damaged and a member of staff had been dismissed. what do we know about what has gone missing? they are apparently small pieces that were kept inside a store room, they have not been on display to the public recently but they include gold jewellery, gems of semiprecious stones a

it is a hugely embarrassing security breach for the british museum.. they don't have a full inventory of what is missing, they don't know where the stuff is, they don't know how long it's been going on for and they don't have a true value on what is missing. what we do know tonight, though, is that a member of staff has been sacked and the british museum as well as the metropolitan police are investigating what they fear may have been in an insidejob. let's turn to cambodia now — which has been led by hun sen for decades — with one of his main opponents in exile. sam ramsey has been trying, unsuccessfully, to remove hun sen from office — and is now facing the prospect of hun sen's son taking over the reins of power from his father. stephen sackur has been talking to sam ram—see for our hardtalk programme — here's a little of what he had to say. you're not prepared to give hun manet�*s son, hun sen a chance? i think hun manet is a prisoner of the system. remember what happened to syria in 2000 when hafez al—assad was replaced by his son, more educated

the director of the british museum resides up to a series of states and apologizes for knowing warnings from a whistle blower. the vision is military june to has given the french german ends not jerry, and invested as a 48 hour ultimatum to leave the country after again warning against any external intervention to restore the else to president. with foreign ministry says the french diplomat silvan the pay is being expelled for refusing an invitation to meet with me. she is foreign minister on friday. lily, a pro crew protest has rarely downside the french military base in the capital in the army cooling for the departure of forces stations in of the military seas pallet in a qu last month. and its latest has repeatedly accused full of colonial power from the pulsing 12th and in nigeria has been leading intervention if it's by west african regional blog. e co boss molly advocate, affonso have agreed to send the forces to initiate, to support us in the event of any external military attack, west african regional blog. eco ross has threatened to use force to reinstate else of president moh

but ten years british museum.where a curator for a swedish museum was stealing objects just like this over a period of years , selling them, buying cars, buying clothes, and when he was confronted, he committed suicide . and so the police were never able to interview him and find out where the objects went. and we're finding some of we're still finding some of those objects today. but the key is to have these items published throughout the media and placed on the interpol database so that the trade can check while they're doing due diligence to help locate these objects. i mean, it's remarkable stuff . mean, it's remarkable stuff. >> you're shedding quite a light on this now about the scale of which this goes on, how regular it is. and you know , who might it is. and you know, who might be out there in order to buy it. so i mean, there will be a dedicated police team. now, do you find it odd that it took so long for the police to be. this is why i don't get why did it take so long for the police to be involved thi

disturbed news of a knife attack near the gates of the british museum this morning . the police museum has now reopened. everyone's thoughts at the british museum with the victim. we wish him the best recovery . what are your best recovery. what are your thoughts on that, paul ? thoughts on that, paul? >> yeah, so the authorities did swing into action pretty quickly here. and the as george osborne says, the security staff here were liaising with the police. this road was closed for a couple of hours . and there were couple of hours. and there were eyewitness reports that did say that a man had been stabbed in front of them. look, it's it is a serious and traumatic incident, but it's been dealt with very quickly. and, of course, incidents like this course, with incidents like this happen as happen around venues such as this, britain's major this, one of britain's major tourist attractions, then there are thoughts about what's happened, happened, and happened, why it's happened, and but this occasion , it does but on this occasion, it does seem that it's not thought to

in the british museum, a museum employee managed to steal a sell almost 2,000 artifacts.arried away by the head of the royal spanish football federation, they can be dismissed for the kiss that he awarded the spanish national team athlete after the victory. above england they call on behalf of public services offering to renew a loan or become self-employed, scammers have found a new form, how should they respond? this i will tell you separately, when the camera will be turned off, where to go. and what to do release? remember this promise, and we will immediately join this truth, how much time. you make a move special warfare operation. this is how you start the day and end it. you are russia, right in this helicopter, the president of russia , but since this is inevitably better than now, we will be the first to know about it alexander grigoryevich again. hello. there are no forces that could hold him, probably the first who shows it. you shoot to the final plant have not yet reached the conclusions learned from the first person. you just tell me what and where is happe

if they weren't so heavy and would fit into the building of the british museum, but some englishwomant of the airport idol. the british brought a souvenir from easter island as a gift to queen victoria, which the inhabitants of the island have long and unsuccessfully tried to return. so the greek government is trying to return the marbles of the parthenon. india , the kohinoor diamond from the royal crown of the windsors, but from the time of queen victoria until the current prime ministers from the former david cameron , then as colonial slave owners. yes, the current rishonok. ancestors witnessed the colonial power of britain over their country, the kohinoor diamond. have you ever you're going to return it like it's never been asked before, but what's the deal with questions like that if i answer. yes, at least once, then the british museum will remain empty, the british museum, it did not remain empty, because it has one negative answer to endless requests, which is why there was such interest in britain in the case when they stole from those who themselves were used to not paint n

on behalf of the british museum, i want to apologise for what has happened.ictim of thefts over a long period of time and frankly, more could have been done to prevent them, but i promise you this. it is a mess that we are going to clear up and i can tell you today that we have already started to recover some of the stolen items and we are going to deliver the stronger leadership that the public and the dedicated staff of the museum deserve and make sure that we emerge with a stronger british museum that is fit for the 21st century. there's disruption to rail services across much of england today, as members of the rmt union take part in their latest strike over pay and conditions. there's a reduced timetable in place for much of the country, with some journeys into scotland and wales also affected. it's on the same day as events including the notting hill carnival, and reading and leeds festivals. it's the 24th strike since last summer. ellie price has been monitoring the strikes outside euston station in london. it's pretty busy here, you can see the screen