greece has long wanted to get the elgin marbles back from britain and 110w marbles back from britain e to do so. because they are also saying that we unlawfully removed them, we didn't. lord elgin turned up in greece, they we re elgin turned up in greece, they were in ruins, being damaged stopping the elements were get into these marbles in the pantheon temple and athens stopping there was nowhere else to put them so we extracted them. some people were saying they were pinched, others say they were pinched, others say they saved them. he brought them over legally, it was under occupation and that was the big issue, but he brought them over, sold them to the museum and they proudly set there and they are legally there. greece has never contested over the petition museum's position of the marbles. here it says it is unlawful which is different from moral. there is a fantastic debate where stephen fry as well as others are debating this, and i loved watching it. if you are interested , watching it. if you are interested, watch it, because the argument is very clear, but we might have to

the io has added an elgin marbles cause to its demand.iation to athens. quite how do you wonder how this is being brought into play here, but i'm sure we will have more stories about that. that's what keeps coming up. you know what we should give them back?|j what keeps coming up. you know what we should give them back? i can't claim their people who know better on this. at sort of like, why don't we just give them back? i on this. at sort of like, why don't wejust give them back? i do understand that sort of opens a title wave of other issues. laughter we only have a few more seconds. stormsy one big, all my knowledge of these guys is through my teenage girl. perhaps it keeps you relevant. yes. rapper dave, album of the year! i5 yes. rapper dave, album of the year! is at your favourite album?|j yes. rapper dave, album of the year! is at your favourite album? i have no knowledge of it. he made quite a political speech. he called boris johnson races. you need a teenager. it helps. it's not so popular in other house. thanks for this one. se

in the times, britain faces having to return the elgin marbles as part of a free trade deal with thea clause in the eu's draft negotiating mandate calling for "unlawfully removed cultural objects" to be returned to their "country of origin". and finally the independent covers last nights' brit awards, lewis capaldi was the evening's biggest winner, taking home two trophies in all. rappers dave and stormzy and american singer billie eilish took home one award each. so let's begin with priya lakhani, who's founder and ceo of century tech. good to see you. so, the golf news, and this warning from apple has really unsettled investors all around the world. i think investors are u nsettled, i think investors are unsettled, concerned about how business has been hugely affected by coronavirus. last year apple flash guidance on revenue and that was done to trade issues with the us and flowing china fails, but this year they are saying, and we all know there are obviously huge supply chain issues with china, apple has 10,000 direct employees in mainland china across retail and their corporate

the greeks are saying possibly they wa nt greeks are saying possibly they want the elgin marbles backing to wa nt every government is going to want something, and that will make this hard, because although they will all agree that a level playing field matters, there will be many other side issues which will make this very tough. by the way they are all saying at the top line that britain is too big to have a canada style agreement, too close to the european union. it needs to have something that is much more bespoke. thank you for now. jonathan is back soon for the news briefing — we will see you shortly. we will squeeze in some more business stories before then. millions of chinese firms are facing collapse due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. a survey of small and medium—sized firms conducted this month showed that only a third had enough cash to cover expenses for a month. sharanjit leyl now joins us from singapore. what is happening? that's right, sally — you said it. this new survey essentially finding china's small and medium—sized privately owned businesses are the ones rea

over the elgin marbles but it's a contest athens is never won however it does seem that breaks it could change all of that amid reports the historic sculptures could be part of trade negotiations with the e.u. the ancient elder marbles currently held and on display at the british museum they were shipped from athens back in the 19th century and greece has accused the u.k. of stealing its heritage but a government spokesperson did say that you case position hasn't changed. in the u.k. specifically not the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations we discussed this story with the cultural historian wendy earle and also with my once our political and social commentator. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just is awash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woken like in society people are asking for their stuff back and it's very har

if we want to control the elgin marbles. we'll have to concentrate our surveillance. on the east bloc where thehey armsms because comoming from. operation sophia was effefectively suspended last yer amid disputes between e. u. countries over where libyan migrants picked up at sea should end up. in addidition to concentrating on the eastern mediterranean you officials said the new mission will include ships as well as air resources and the possibility of ground forces. the plan faced opposition from austria and hungary whose governments have taken a tough anti immigration stance. details are still being finalized including a possible provision to halt the operation if ship start to attract migrant. the availability it's that i'm we will now work on the details of a new mission. in which the monitoring of the arms embargo will be a focal point. making the arms embargo work is seen as crucial to stabilizing the libyan conflict where the tripoli government backed by the u. n. is under a attack from the forces of military strong man khalifafa haftar who contros much of the

now reportedly backing greece's claim to the so-called elgin marbles and brussels could now push britain to return them as well the collection was originally part of the parthenon in athens but it's currently on display in the pritish museum in london question is how it got there greece claims the old marbles were stolen by more delicate in the 19th century while britain insists no aid acquired them legally and further says it's not going to budge over it. the u. case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations but as cultural historian when the earl and social commentator mowen say whether or not the relics should be returned then. you can't go around the world making stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just as awash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woken like in society people are asking for their stuff back and it's very hard to construct a case w

now reportedly backing greece's claim over the so-called elgin marbles in brussels now may be a pushing britain to return them the collection was originally part of the parthenon in the greek capital but they're currently on display in the british museum in london greece claims that was stolen by law delegate in the 19th century but britain's got another story it insists it acquired them legally and further isn't budging either. the you case position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations cultural historian wendy earle and political and social commentator mo and earlier shed some more light on the dangers of discussing history in modern politics. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just as awash now adays in a i hate you saying it but in a relatively woke enlightened society people are asking for their stuff back and it's very hard to

marbles from the u.k. as part of goshi actions. the ancient sculptures were taken from the acropolis in athens in the early 19th century by a british nobleman called lord elgin and they have been on display at the british museum in london ever since greece considers them to be stolen property and several you countries are saying that britain should hand them over if it wants to secure a free trade deal with europe by next year but so far the u.k. government is refusing to back down. the u.k.'s position on the parthenon sculptures remains unchanged they are the legal responsibility of the british museum that is not up for discussion as part of our trade negotiations cultural historian wendy early and a political and social commentator morons are sharing their thoughts on the story. you can't go around the world nicking stuff and then just saying we're going to keep hold of it because it's really valuable and we want people to come and see it it just doesn't wash now adays in a i hate saying it but in a relatively woke enlightened society people are asking for their stuff back and it's very hard to construct a case when we go around the world stealing stuff an