the british museum said its lonu-term placed. the british museum said its long-term goal— placed.erm goal was to _ placed. the british museum said its long-term goal was to lend - placed. the british museum said its long-term goal was to lend those i long—term goal was to lend those object to the ethiopian orthodox church. you are watching bbc news. it's now six decades since marie mcdonald mclaughlin lawrie traded her four names forjust one — lulu. when she released shout, in 1964, it catapulted her to chart success across the world. well, this weekend sees the start of lulu's farewell tour, and she's been looking back on her extraordinary career with our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. # you know you make me wanna shout, look, my hand'sjumping # look, my heart's bumping...# 1964, a 15—year—old lulu in the film uk swings again, making a big noise with her first single, shout. # yeah, yeah, yeah...# now, exactly 60 years later, she's about to embark on herfinal ever tour. to be honest with you, if, when i was 15 years old, and i would have — someone would have suggest

ever since george osborne turned up at the british museum. and there he is. man of the museum's board of trustees . things have board of trustees. things have been stolen from the museum. objects stolen in their thousands and those got thousands and those they've got left. to want to give left. they seem to want to give away. whether it's to egypt or to ghana to greece. to ghana or to greece. i honestly don't is honestly don't know what is really going or whether it really going on or whether it makes any sense at all. i'm joined by roger, michael , joined by roger, michael, executive director the executive director of the institute digital institute for digital archaeology , and he joins me archaeology, and he joins me from the columbia school of journalism in new york. roger, you know, we've had this argument over the elgin marbles that. argument over the elgin marbles that . seems to go argument over the elgin marbles that. seems to go on argument over the elgin marbles that . seems to go on decade that. seems to go on decade after decade. but now, from wha

since then, they've been locked away in a vault in the british museum. can any study be made of these tablets, nor anybody can photograph them or copy them. because the question what on earth they're doing in there in a museum in the first place. how can they be returned? they can be returned under the existing legislation. now, unlike other high profile trophy contested items such as benin bronzes or even the parthenon sculptures, they would require a change in the act of parliament for the museum to actually remove them from the collection. but these tablets can be removed right now, today, tomorrow. you reference an act of parliament because the british museum act of 1963 specifically bars the disposal of objects, except for very limited circumstances. are you saying that this falls into that category? very limited. well, let me put it to you, matthew, and everyone else. there is a clause, section five of the british museum act which says if the trustees deem the objects unfit to be retained now, can objects which have been in the collection that leng

since then, they have been locked in a vault in the british museum. ou doing in a museum in the first place. how can they be returned? underthe first place. how can they be returned? under the existing legislation. now, unlike other high—profile trophy contested items, such as the benin bronzes on the parthenon sculptures, they would require a change in the act of parliament for the museum to actually remove them from the collection. these tablets can be removed right now, today, tomorrow. you reference an act of parliament because the british museum act of 1963 specifically bars the disposal of objects except for very limited circumstances. are you saying that this falls into that category of limited circumstances? let this falls into that category of limited circumstances? let me put it to ou and limited circumstances? let me put it to you and everyone _ limited circumstances? let me put it to you and everyone else, _ limited circumstances? let me put it to you and everyone else, there - limited circumstances? let me put it to you and everyone else,

and the british museum should thought as museum should be thought of as a british museum of mankind, well have been true. it might well have been true that had the elgin marbles stayed on the parthenon, on the acropolis, in athens, there would have been blown up by the ottomans and the gunpowder store as it was. and britain might well have saved these items. and that's probably true many of that's probably true of many of the in collection . but the items in the collection. but that was then, and this is now, and many people will argue and do argue that the way to preserve these items, we've we've done our bit, but now they should return back to their places of origin . places of origin. >> well, that's simply not the case because there's no guarantee that these items will be well preserved in many of these developing nations. i mean, we don't know the actual number of countries or which countries are making these requests of the british museum. but one of those is often quoted is, are the benin bronzes of nigeria, these, of course , are nigeria, these, of course, are the benin bronz

so a deal was broken back in january by 2 british museums and the mon here palace museum in ghana. ashanti is current router, was heavily involved in the negotiations. they returned after facts will only be available on loan for a 3 year period, which could later be extended. british law prohibits a permanent return of artifacts to the country of origin of the gunny and cultural minister of special adviser has expressed outrage over the conditional return of the app to fax to their country up all region. we know the optics with stolen involved in circumstances whenever the items belong to the sante people. if somebody came into the house and run selected, install objects and then kept them in the house. and then the few years later said you. 2 what i land you, your objects back. how would you feel about that? let's cross live to a former research director. nigeria is national commission for museums and monuments. if you, if you, those were more by travelers, it's good to have you join me now by the british museum has returned $32.00 artifacts to data on a 3 year loan. why do you think of a

so you'll be an author, fox, i seen demands that london is i conduct british museum, comes clean and revealed why they've never been put on display de warden and stone tablets in question with newton by british soldiers in 18. 68. and they have been long the longing calls for the artifacts to be given back if he will be called to administer the visit at the museum 5 years ago. and especially asked for the objects to be handed over a couple of years later, britain. and finally retired the portion of the hidden stash and not included across an imperial shield on the depiction now because the fiction of jesus was apologise, tallulah upon costs to lose a board member of the c o. inherited trust. believe that it's time the british museum returned the items to the rightful owners were owned. so there are many objects which were new to the aging 60 age from during the british expedition to mock della and the monks, those objects, the same crowds, tablets, or tablets, has that code in any cha cha, british museum, is of cause concern to that. this might set a precedent and the other objects th

i say a new the pancoast, a board member of the se, if you're heritage trustee, said that british museum should the high level the rest of the artifacts because it's neither displaying them no, using them in any of a significant way. and so there are many objects which was due to the 1860 age from during the british expedition to mock della and amongst those objects, the st. crowds, tablet. so all the possible cause that code in any to a british museum is of course, concern to that this might set a precedent and the other objects there might be other requests, but the tablets are in a very special category because they are considered st grid. and therefore kept in the basement and even the curators of the. ready do not have access to them. so in effect, they are not using them in any legitimate way. and they have not been able to make any use of them. so they really should be retired and they have no reason to keep them. and so they are very much items which the public key a value, whereas in the museum in the u. k, they are of no interest or for anybody. and the museums have acknowledge

the number of complaints against british museums from around the world is almost as long as their museumsm, the british looted outstanding art monuments around the world. but by refusing to return the porthenon sculptures to greece today, the british are making excuses because more tourists will see them in the british museum than in athens. however, the don plesiosaur is not exhibited or even mentioned in the collection. there is no educational benefit from his stay there for the public or scientists, he simply disappeared in the museum dungeons as if in the depths of an ancient ocean, finding him in the center of london is now more difficult than in the village of pyatizbyanskaya near the liski river, 100 years ago. maxim smagin, elizaveta gerson, boris halfin and andrey zubkevich, ntv television company. azov, novocherkask, london. and that's all by this time. stay on mtv. stagnation of lymph can cause swelling. lymphotransit helps reduce swelling by accelerating the movement of lymph. lymphatic transit from the company evalar. spring is a time of cleansing. take lymphatic transit. ly

they capture objects on display in the british museum digitally, but say this doesn't break the museum'sncommercial use. we're using lidar technology, so making scans, going around, you know, the different artefacts, scanning them and then taking that data that we've retrieved and then using those for, you know, ai experiences, nfts, and different installations as well. their most recent project involved the rosetta stone — an ancient slab used by egyptians to study hieroglyphics. using free software from the company snap, they were able to display it virtually in egypt. the actual position where the rosetta stone is from is a citadel in rashid. simply, you just need a ai—enabled device, snapchat, and then you can view that in its position in rashid. lens studio has this technology called custom location ar, which is basically where you can geolocate a digital asset or, you know, a digital thing in its actual position. it starts with the story. the rosetta stone, known as the hajar rashid. and this appears before people in scale of what it is. and the cool thing about ar is you can see i

so all the possible cause that code in, in each of care, british museum, is of course, concern to that. this might set a precedent and the other objects there might be other requests, but the tablets are in a very small.

they capture objects on display in the british museum digitally, but say this doesn't break the museum'sd scanning by visitors for non—commercial use. we're using light art technology, so making scans, going around, you know, the different artefacts, scanning them and then taking that data that we've retrieved and then using those for, you know, vr experiences, nfts and different installations as well. their most recent project involved the rosetta stone, an ancient slab used by egyptians to study hieroglyphics. using free software from the company snap, they were able to display it virtually in egypt. the actual position where the rosetta stone is from is citadel and rashid. simply you just need a are enabled device snapchat and then you can view that in its position in rashid. with this whole like digitisation of artefacts, i see this more as something that's for the future and for the younger generation. it starts with the story, the rosetta stone.— it starts with the story, the rosetta stone. and disappears before peeple _ rosetta stone. and disappears before people in _ rosetta ston

if he said that the british museum should hand over the rest, all the artifacts because it is not the displaying them nor using them in any office significant way. so there are many objects which were new to the aging 60 age from during the british expedition to mock della and the monks, those objects, the st crowds, tablets, or tablets, has that code in, in egypt you, british museum, is of cause concern to that. this might set a precedent and the other objects that might be other requests, but the tablets are in a very special category because they are considered st grid and therefore kept in the basement. and even the curators of the. ready do not have access to them. so in effect, they are not using them in any legitimate way. and they have not been able to make any use of them. so they really should be retired and they have no reason to keep them. and so they are very much items which the public key a value, whereas in the museum in the u. k, they are of no interest or for anybody. and the museums have acknowledged that they shouldn't be put on display. so they really shouldn't be

and the row between ethiopia and the british museum over stolen artifacts escalates — we have the latesthello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live. there's been international condemnation — after the death of seven aid workers in gaza. the charity — world central kitchen says — their convoy was bombed in an israeli air strike — just after they'd unloaded food aid at a warehouse — they are now suspending its operations in gaza. the israeli military says it's conducting a review into the incident. the seven workers are from australia, britain, poland, a us—canadian dual citizen, as well as a palestinian. world leaders and foreign ministers are pressing israel — to clarify the circumstances surrounding their deaths. our correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell, begins our coverage. there were no survivors. cars and aid convoy were hit directly. even with the world central kitchen logos clearly displayed, and, the us charity says, prior co—ordination with the israeli military. displaced gazans staying in tents nearby heard the blast and ran to try and help. translation: this is

and the row between ethiopia and the british museum over stolen artifacts escalates — we have the latestcondemnation — after the death of seven aid workers in gaza. the charity — world central kitchen says — their convoy was bombed in an israeli air strike — just after they'd unloaded food aid at a warehouse —

the azov museum reserve has many rare paleontological finds. not required here from their britishlizard, but at least find out whether such an exhibit exists in london or not. and we wrote a letter to the london museum asking to find out at all, but unfortunately, we simply did not receive an answer. azov paleontologists could create a copy of the don lizard and present it in the museum if british scientists met them halfway. the don lizard would be the oldest and largest exhibit of the azov museum. if he were still here, nothing was heard about him for more than 100 years. if he's still in london, maybe my colleague lisa gerson will be able to find out something. we managed to find out that the british did not want us to find out anything. if earlier they said there was no issue for sdon, now from... london, no issue, in the natural history museum in london, where professor pravoslav delivered the bones of the don lizard, fossilized plesiosaurs, waterfowl creatures crawled along the walls like lizards, our compatriot in the hall no. the online catalog of the archeology department

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the return of ghanaian loot — the v&a and the british museum have returned some loot to ghana — that'sls. do they really make any difference to the people... i think they make a huge difference, like learning medicine, like...it�*s happening in india — to teach medicine in indigenous languages can be a really important part of your rising self—confidence as a nation. but there's a limit to what you can do with decolonisation because it's baked into the world. you can't stop cricket being played in india, you can't get rid of christianity in africa, you can't undo entire nations made by the british, like niger and australia and pakistan, can you? no. but i want to come back to the point about agency and responsibility, cos you make a point, for example, just one specific point — you make a point of talking about the anti—gay laws — much tougher and draconian in recent years in some parts of africa, and you tie it explicitly to the british empire and the way in which british rulers in these countries ensured that laws were toughened up against homosexuality, for example. you're sort of p

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ernst henry were helped by his son, his son, the book used documents from the library of the british museume baltic house, this year is the 26th festival meeting in russia. dedicated to alexander sergeevich pushkin, this is a large-scale forum uniting russian-speaking teams from different countries, representatives of abkhazia came to the coast, azerbaijan, armenia, belarus, kazakhstan, tajikistan and uzbekistan. most of the productions were created with the support of the russian ministry of culture; pavel ryshkov was one of the first to see new interpretations of the classics. my name is alexander, my last name, the genius of the work is in what to interpret. the stage can be endless, the plot of this queen of spades unfolds against the backdrop of the uaz bukhanka, the russian theater from kazakhstan's shymkent, pushkin's story plays out the paths like three treasured cards, but st. petersburg is also present here in the drawings on linen, which is hung on ropes. the audience at the festival of russian theaters is greeted by the melody of the sveridov snowstorm, performed by a chamber or

we would rather have it in the hands of the british in the british museum because we know that they're going to destroy it. this is exactly what the islamic republic will do to israel as well. molly: thank you so much to you both. you know, we're hearing these loud chants, these loud voices, the drum beats, but it's important to hear all of the voices and to hear your calm and your thoughts as we're watching this unfold on university campuses not just across the east coast, but in many places across the country at this point, sabrina, yasmine, thank you both for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ griff: well, house republicans are going after president biden over his refusal to extend tax cuts championed by former president donald trump. gop law makers are forming teams to address the impacts of losing those breaks. here is fox business correspondent grady trimble. >> reporter: at stake in the november election, your tax dollars with some provisions in the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act set to being pyre at the end of next year -- expire at the end of next year, house republic

even the british museum , which sees about british museum, which sees about 6 million people every year having the opfion there. and i think having the option to pay a premium and enjoy it more, but also fund these amazing sites , i think is these amazing sites, i think is great, and i think people should have the prerogative to do that. and absolutely. and they do. and i was looking at some stats earlier, the world, tourism organisation found that 40% more revenue is received by these venues through these private tours . so you're getting the tours. so you're getting the money and then directly investing it into the preservation, the maintenance, the management of these sites, which are extremely delicate, obviously, and if we're able to diversify the funding options for these sites, maybe the acropolis or maybe saint mark's basilica, then i think that's a great thing. why be reliant? there shouldn't be a dependence on government funds if we have the option to receive more money from private tours from wealthier tourists that are able to afford it, and that's my case. >> and let's broad

they capture objects on display in the british museum digitally, but say this doesn't break the museum'sab used by egyptians to study hieroglyphics. using free software from the company snap, they were able to display it virtually in egypt. the actual position where the rosetta stone is from is a citadel in rashid. simply, you just need a ai—enabled device, snapchat, and then you can view that in its position in rashid. lens studio has this technology called custom location ar, which is basically where you can geolocate a digital asset or, you know, a digital thing in its actual position. it starts with the story. the rosetta stone, known as the hajar rashid. and this appears before people in scale of what it is. and the cool thing about ar is you can see it as it looks now, but also how it will have looked in the past. exactly — how it originally looked, right? and what a lot of people don't know is that it's actually a fracture of the original stone. so part of ourjourney was to, like, actually rebuild the rosetta stone. what do you hope people get out of using this, and experiencing t

we've seen them occupying the british museum. we've seen them doing sorts .s it's marxism on the streets. these two organisations, pro—palestine pro the environment they've got, they've yoked together just to make trouble, that's what. >> but there is the real possibility. i mean, if they're going after things like, you know, or know, arms factories or whatever, there is a rizla paper now between this kind of action and an actual the step further, if they if they believe that there is something existential going on, both in terms of gaza and terms of the environment, and in terms of the environment, it's beyond the realms of it's not beyond the realms of possibility. i believe that they might things are might do things that are incredibly and the incredibly drastic. and the police this information police have this information now. them. now. charlie spoke to them. well, this way. well, look, it this way. >> these people, i think >> i mean, these people, i think it's fair say , whilst, you it's fair to say, whilst, you know, philps comments know, chris philps

when to the british when it comes to the british museum, in museum, are reportedly in private with fourefacts after receiving repatriation requests. nana your reaction to that episode of the antiques woke show? >> well , poor antiques woke show? >> well, poor woman, she was made to feel so bad for bringing that in. she had no idea what it was. didn't know what it is. was. she didn't know what it is. i this ridiculous, i just find this ridiculous, okay? antiques dealer, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's antiques dealer, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's . antiques dealer, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's. he antiques dealer, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's. he mightques dealer, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's. he might ases dealer, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's. he might as wellaler, i just find this ridiculous, ok.he's. he might as well start so he's. he might as well start to look for another job. really? because lot because there's a lot of artefacts that represent things because there's a lot of athistory,hat represent things because there's a lot of art hi

. >> but it is a real honor to be british, and to have this accolade in the museum. >> jimmy: it's onee ] of course. >> for the moms. for the moms. >> jimmy: but now i want to talk to you about -- you've launch a collection with hugo boss. >> yes. >> jimmy: and this is "naomi x boss." >> yep, i'm wearing it. >> jimmy: oh, you're wearing it? this is "naomi x boss?" >> i'm wearing a bit. this is, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] well, i can't even tell you, you're not even going to believe me, if i tell you i couldn't find a dress tonight. so -- but that's the truth. i couldn't. so i was, like, you know what? i'm putting on what -- i just thought, sharon stone. t-shirt, skirt, leggings, shirt, that are mine. and these are compression tights. and these tights are -- i made my collection about wellness, antibacterial, because i'm a a germophobe, and no stressed material, because we don't want stress. and then, no wrinkles, 'cause we don't have time when we're on the go, us women. we need to go, go, go. and we want to just feel good and be unapologetic for who we are and be our boss. >> jimmy:

kind of scots, well, this is normal fashion, this is yours british style, if it’s close to you, but in general it’s quite good. historical museume stylists came together in this set. this is just a good job of stylists for their client. all she needed was to adjust the matching of the jewelry in relation to the outfit she was choosing, so she chose the outfit and put it together just very well. i think this kit is wonderful. will fit into without any problems her wardrobe will simply be used in vain, and most importantly, it will give a person something for which a person comes to the store to buy himself a new rag, he will give her a good mood. polina, i feel, i really like how the stylists seem to suit you very much, they worked on the color, that the color of the dress intersects with the color of the jacket, all this is complementary, and i like that there is rock and roll here, and i i like that you can also wear these things separately, like the biker jacket i’m wearing with this dress, and this jacket, for example, excuse me, with jeans. change into the next look, we are waiting for you, lyudmila, well, have you just see

museum of australia. the college is the latest in a long line of british institutions handing back artefacts taken from aroundafter months of spouting gibberish. the spaceship left the solar system in 2012 and is currently more than 15 billion miles from earth, but it can still send data back. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill explains. we have ignition, and we have liftoff. a spacecraft bound for a journey that no one imagined. when voyageri launched in 1977, its mission was to explore our own solar system. it captured detailed images of saturn's rings and discovered thatjupiter has a ring of its own. then itjust kept going. and in 2012, it became the first human made object to leave our solar system. but last year, after nearly 50 years in space, something finally went wrong. the data voyageri was sending back to earth stopped making sense. nasa engineers worked out that a single chip on its decades—old on board computer had stopped working. to fix it, they transmitted an essential piece of code that was on that broken ship back to the spacecraft from mission control. it took 22 and a half hours for t

museum of australia. the college is the latest in a long line of british institutions handing back artefacts taken from around. tit is to compensate for the grey, chilly weather at the moment, although it is not grey everywhere, it is lovely and sunny across much of western scotland, northern ireland, west wales, south—west england, that is what we will see the next few days, chilly air, as such i'd further west, grey further east because of the northerly wind feeding in clouds town the north sea coast. northern ireland, west wales, south—west england to western scotland have the best of the sunshine and the best of the temperatures, into the mid—teens, but distinctly chilly and further east with more cloud, thick enough for spots of rain into the south—east and the odd shower for south—west england too —— south—east england. up to 15 in glasgow, almost tropical, further east, down the north sea

museum in tennessee. >> that was an extraordinary recalling all that british circle in just a few moments, what we just learned that is making a lot of people in washington and the middle east nervous. the punch to the gut for abortion rights advocates in arizona but we will hear from chris mays, the attorney general who says she will not prosecute the 19th century bam e that was just resuscitated by arizona supreme court. as i bid you good day from msnbc headquarters but welcome to "alex witt reports." president biden is returning to the white house to speak with his national security team. this is as the u.s. embraces for iran to launch what is an immediate retaliatory attack against israel. brie jackson is at the white house for us. what do we know at this hour ? >> reporter: president biden his cutting his weekend trip short and returning to the white house amid rising tensions in the middle east the abided administration has been on high alert for a strike from iran on israel. on friday, president biden said he expected it to happen soon and urged iran not to move forward. previously, u.s. officia

i remember now, eight arguments why the museum should not be destroyed smallpox, and one from japan supported me, and i was categorically against it, the british the assembly, but i suggested that this issue should never be considered at all, leaving these museums in these two countries as they are and it was, well, you see, they still exist, it’s like preserving species in the red book for you dear crowd, because somehow your work actually happened there are many reasons, but firstly, yes, here we are, one of my arguments was yes, we are protecting the amur tiger and something else. only we are now eliminating it, we will never know it again, we will not see it, this is the first, second, we have not fully studied it, there are a lot of interesting genes, products and proteins, and this virus secretes that may be useful to humanity in the future, in- thirdly, i was absolutely sure that the americans would still have a museum of the military fordetrics, in general, if this is poker, then someone can, thirdly, you see what is happening now with the so-called monkey smallpox, but this is not monkey smallpox at all, this is not monkey smallpox, t

the british air force, all the buildings on the island that are now... . the town of veselovka, it is associated with the name of the great philosopher, here, in a preserved brick house, a kant museumhouse belonged to pastor anders in the 16th century, the windows overlook the cemetery, there was a church nearby, but it has not been preserved, like many students. from a poor family, emmanuel kant was forced to temporarily leave the university and earn money by giving private lessons. he received his first job as a home teacher in the family of a pastor in the village of yutshin. soon he... developed his own principles in pedagogy, he believed that it was very important to fight absent-mindedness by training the memory, we know what our memory retains, kant said. the exhibition introduces the life of prussia, the education system in the 16th century, you can get an idea of ​​the sciences that kant taught, compare his years life with the events that were happening in the world at that moment, and of course, they will talk about the era of enlightenment. and this is, so to speak, philosophical. the movement, yes, in which he participated, including, of course, it, led to the fact that

royal museums greenwich tells visitors that despite what insecure white boys.i that despite what insecure white boys. i think they're talking about me. i've said the third's wife was the first british a non—white background. the consensus among historians, however, is that she was very clearly not bame. now, have the museum's curators been watching too much bridgerton ? too much bridgerton? >> well, as a person who was born and raised in greenwich , born and raised in greenwich, i'm going to support the museum. i'm going to support the museum. i was born in greenwich hosphal i was born in greenwich hospital, and i do support the fact that they been fact that they have been researching. are pictures . researching. there are pictures. i'm not saying she's directly half race like myself, but half mixed race like myself, but there is some. there is african or portuguese ancestry down the line in her bloodline because she does look of mixed origin from the pictures paintings that we've seen. >> but have they done any sort of definitive research, you know, dna on a hair strand or something like this? because i'm worried. >> she was born in 1744. >> she was born in 1744. >> people adhere