first trip to the democratic republic of the congo, king philippe of belgium returns a priceless kakungu mask, taken out of the country before independence in 1960. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the issue of gun control in the us and what to do about it has challenged us lawmakers for years. today, as they heard searing testimony from victims and their families of the recent mass shooting in texas, the house of representatives approved a series of measures aimed at regulating the sale of guns. but the proposals do not have the 60 votes they would need for approval in the senate, and hence are likely to go nowhere — underlining the challenge politicians face. our north america editor sarah smith was watching the testimony. we should warn you, her report contains some graphic content which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her parents saw her. we don't want you to think of lexi as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate and athletic. she w

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first trip to the democratic republic of the congo, king philippe of belgium has returned a priceless kakunguask, taken out of the country before independence in 1960. this is the first of almost 80,000 artefacts that will be returned for display in museums in the drc. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week we are live at the hay festival for 100 years of the bbc in 23 minutes. we'll look at the secrets behind the broadcasting technologies that changed the world. a radio legend talks about legendary radio. i used to set my watch by the pips, and my favourite pip is always the last one because it's extended. and artificial intelligence goes bird spotting and in the quest for greener energy, 0mar discovers a tasteless fluid called water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? this book was... writing this much... we are back and it's brilliant. after an unbelievable three years, the hay festival is back to its full glory. gathering together authors and thinkers, bookworms and those with the writing bug. it's all the same to me, ijust like writing, can't stop. it's so good to be bac

first trip to the democratic republic of the congo, king philippe of belgium has returned a priceless kakunguask, taken out of the country before independencde in 1960. this is the first of almost 80,000 artefacts that will be returned for display in museums in the drc. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. when vladimir putin ordered his invasion force into ukraine in late february, is this the scenario he imagined for earlyjune? a brutal war of attrition in the donbas, a defiant ukrainian government deploying more heavy weapons from western allies, russian losses mounting, a punishing sanctions regime on moscow and more nato expansion in the offing? well, my guest, in an exclusive interview, is russia's ambassador to the united nations, vassily nebenzia. where does russia go from here? ambassador vassily nebenzia at un headquarters in new york, welcome to hardtalk. good afternoon, london time, mr sackur. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, ambassador. let me ask you this. after more than 100 days, would you say that russia's invasion of

at a ceremony today, king philippe returned the kakungu mask to congo's president, which was used inthers and placed in religious institutions or homes run by the belgian authorities. some were forced to go to belgium. this was the case for monique bintu bingi — she and five other women went to court in 2019 to seek action from the belgian authorities. her daughter has been speaking to the bbc. my mother and my aunties, they didn't get their heritage. they were cut off, they didn't have the opportunity to keep their roots in their identity. that was taken away from them. so now, he has to fix that — and just apologising isn't enough, that's not ok. congolese—belgian writer and activist tracy bibo—tansia joins us now. thank you so much forjoining us. my first thought is, how do you feel about king philippe's visit? i’m about king philippe's visit? i'm actually very — about king philippe's visit? i“n actually very happy about his visit and his speech because he's the first king to do that, to address the colonial past, all the other kings didn't do that. so this is a positive sign, the