in the space of one century lisbon became the richest capital in europe some distance ahead of paris london or amsterdam chinese vases parts from indonesia ornamental class where from a cow and amid the shards of earthenware from all over the world a woman skeleton was also found. d.n.a. tests revealed that she was an african slave buried without a name or gravestone. the archaeology of slavery a relatively recent field is a long untold history of the fate of the 1000000 africans who were shipped off to europe between the 15th and 18th centuries. when they were the power doesn't because this was an extremely brutal predatory economy and the portuguese were disembarking and arms in and rush to capture the inhabitants of these african corpses starting with mauritania and then senegal home to many poor fisherman they were captured with nets on each mission you dozens would be captured and loaded onto these ships to be brought back to europe in the. poor don't know up. in various locations between morocco and mora tania prince henry's mercenaries kidnapped unarmed civilians deported to p

in lisbon black and white a stand simply lived on an equal footing they shared a common language and the same interests all grew rich from the slave sugar and gold trades among them german merchant and banker. and you couldn't solicit gonna be involved in the political and trade elites from both european and african societies local sovereigns collaborated with the portuguese some converted to christianity took portuguese names and sent their children to portugal to be latinized and study in the university of people. these elites became the predatory ones that it put a piece. on the west african coast the riches that portugal devoured seemed inexhaustible. in the bellingham district of lisbon the building of their own english money story was financed by the slave sugar and spice trades. the splendor of its architecture are testimony to an era when lisbon dominated the world and flooded other european capitals with its goods . electret you have to emphasize that this was a black slave trade as this economy was based on african slaves would this trade was the main income for the crown a

today lisbon is undergoing a facelift after the discovery monument renovation work extended to the us district as construction progressed the riches of the 1st world city resurfaced by chance workers uncovered the foundations of the former commercial harbor. in the space of one century lisbon became the richest capital in europe some distance ahead of paris london or amsterdam chinese vases parts from indonesia ornamental class where from a cow and amid the shards of earthenware from all over the world a woman skeleton was also found. in a shell d.n.a. tests revealed that she was an african slave buried without a name or gravestone. the archaeology of slavery a relatively recent field is a long untold history the fate of the 1000000 africans who were shipped off to europe between the 15th and 18th centuries. when they were the power doesn't this was an extremely brutal predatory economy and the portuguese were disembarking and arms in and rush to capture the inhabitants of these african crafts starting with mauritania and then senegal home to many poor fisherman they were captured wit

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lisbon the largest city in portugal and the only european capital on the atlantic coast at the mouth of the take the discovery monument evokes nostalgia for a time when the portuguese made the world their home carved in stone some 52 meters above the water the heroes of portugal pioneers of the conquest looked triumphantly towards the ocean that gave them such wealth and prestige. they are headed by prince henry the navigator the architect of a perilous project to open up a new trade route via the atlantic ocean his aim was to bypass the muslim rivals in the mediterranean and gain access to africa's gold coast in the 14th century the portuguese succeeded in ousting the arabs from their territory the kingdom now had free reign to begin its campaign of conquest promising gold and power henry the navigator convinced the nobility to follow him in this adventure. remember the navigator was the crown prince in a way this mythical figure this great christian portuguese prince was portrayed as very devout and it will be coming don't get going to the different he started out commanding a bran

feet urgently needed work is now underway on hospitals in places like lisbon porto and cast. it began even before the pandemic struck after 12 year old plans for it were resurrected. yet there's still no hint of better working conditions or fresh hiring in portugal's kovan ravaged public health system. and here's a reminder of our top story this hour. china's targeting 6 percent growth this year figure it announced friday during the 1st session of its annual national people's congress the goal comes as china continues its much faster than expected pandemic coverage it's the only major economy to see economic growth in 2020. and that's it for me and the future of the business team here in the lead as always you can find out more about these and other business stories our website w dot com slash business check us out on social media to emcee variance of swatches . trafficking and brute force in the netherlands 16 drug dealers are now on trial in is the largest criminal case. and involves the kind of violence that the netherlands has never seen. at the heart of the issue lies on

alison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. before we go let's show you some pictures from germany.d in three controlled explosions, bringing down the power plant's chimney, cooling tower and boiling house. it took 420 kilograms of explosives to bring them down, and it comes as germany works towards abandoning coal power by 2038, 100 years after the lunen power station was commissioned. that is it from me, i'll be backin that is it from me, i'll be back in the headlines a couple of minutes. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. i am lewis vaugthones. this is bbc news. goodbye. good evening, the start of this week will bring a burst of this ring warmth and i think the messages don't get too used to it. temperatures in the southern part of the uk are likely to get to 22 or 23 degrees for a time but by the end of the week, it is likely to turn much colder again. in the shorter term, quite a lot of rain any forecast for north—western parts of the uk, particularly of scotland. during today, a lot of cloud feeding and from the west. the radar shows outbreaks of rain becoming h

lisbon this year fortunately the finals. had 7 minutes of extra time and the referee won't blow the whistle so i pressed the button and it was really fun and it worked really well this combination of samples is used to make real sounding crowd noise that doesn't actually exist. lamb it's a bit like the t.-rex in the film dress in park nobody knows how a t.-rex actually sounded so the filmmakers took noises made by jack russell doffs baby elephants crocodiles and tigers to create a sound the us could believe was authentic it was that sound that made the dinosaur so terrifying. hollywood recognized the importance of sound a long time ago football is finally learning that lesson now so as dortmund took on stuttgart one saturday night do is focus it 600 kilometers away in munich creating a stadium atmosphere for t.v. viewers just own experiences in football stadiums help him in this job. i was like 1314 years old i was standing the main stand with us from there with us follow and chatted with them i think and others really well

i forget he was in washington or lisbon at the time. he writes all the way up. kidney stones. now that is a man. that's the guy is living any dies in philadelphia basically on the operating table. but he is working until then. and has a very long career. the 30 some years he was chief justice is only part of it. i hope people get to read my book. as well as his career. while people did his founding fathers it really wasn't that hard. there's only 3 million people in the first census. 3million whites people i'm sorry, people who could then there were women so presumably they're even less than that. it could've been founding fathers. in their way out in western virginia. so if you really wanted to be a founding father you had a little india, probably would be able to do it. spirit were about to turn to questions but guess i have to ask, not john quincy adams? [laughter] i guess so. he hasn't star. hey did go up with his father but he was a little young when he first started. he was ten or 11 when he was in england with his father. i don't count jimmy's too young. he'll be the ro

in lisbon things are worse some patients even need to transferring to hospitals elsewhere like us tello branco. here banners tell a story of serious problems with staff there are calling for fair pay. since he said that simply sums up the professionals we don't worry about money or careers it's about the patients but also about conditions you give everything you've got for an undignified pittance we look at neighboring countries and see where the worst pay despite the better training they make is one reason for that is that after the global financial crisis portugal was forced to adopt strict austerity measures besides cutting investments jobs were axed and wages slashed in recent years a lot of people saw no alternative but to emigrate. schemes we needed more staff and couldn't employ them i knew some who just finished their training and found all hospital doors were closed to them. research a tiago career has uncovered another long term effect of the e.u. troika austerity package the portuguese live long lives but not necessarily good ones especially the poorest. so my eyes will not h

feet urgently needed work is now underway on hospitals in places like lisbon porto and castillo bunker began even before the pandemic struck after 12 year old plans for it were resurrected. we need investment and essential modernization that's behind in many quarters. you know there's still no hint of better working conditions or fresh hiring in portugal's code ravaged public health system. and finally the weekend is just around the corner and that has many missing a nice i was in their favorite bars but what can you do if you can't go to the pub well if you're lucky enough to live in brighton in the u.k. then the pope will come to you the manager of the honduran holland pub has started a drinks delivery service for customers complete with a mini brewery in tow regulars say the roving pulp helps lift their spirits and give them a badly needed sense of community during these socially isolated times. and on that half you know that brings us to the end of the day so thank you so much for watching for more you can always go to our web site up the dot com slash if that's from me on the t.s.

the distance between lisbon and sound till may prove troublesome for the portuguese crown the kingdom of congo was reluctant to intervene in the island's affairs while the portuguese lacked armed men on the ground to defend their interests so to solve the problem they decided to manufacture them. live in paris as the city and i have thought if you see them in that one of the fundamental elements of the society as a laboratory was the creation of mestizos as they were called to us part of a concerted plan devised by the portuguese ranks corps near this the portuguese such a cross for white men with black women now she created a mixed race population proper status for 2 years of the population where according to the texts of the time the white fathers would transfer portuguese values to their mixed race children meeting the law of 2 years this and yes the aim was to create a group within society who could defend white portuguese interests on south tom a video says do what i do for 2 years and something me. we often completely forget that interbreeding stemmed from violence very often th

alison roberts reports from lisbon.and into sunday. twice power was lost across the island due to lightning strikes. the storm brought heavy rain resulting in widespread flooding of streets, underground car parks and also some homes. no—one was reported injured but several dozen people were left homeless. the water came up above the sidewalk, i had to leave. there was nothing i could do. continuing unstable weather prompted the authorities to urge the island's quarter of a million residents to stay indoors. the power is now back on for most of the island's inhabitants but the electricity company has warned that it will take time to replace some of the damaged equipment. that is it from me, i'll be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones. this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. it is going to feel like spring through the first part week for many of us. in fact, in some places you'd be forgiven for thinking summer had arrived early with values up

when clinton 1st came to power he talked about you know is sick in new security arrangements from lisbon to a lot of the stock and they stayed with that for a while and then they to say well you know enough is no meaty problem giving our ideas ideas bring your security in arms and they don't listen because they're this is what i'm balancing relationship i want to ask you take the knee and brussels of course cannot go ahead. well the war mongering is clearly on the side of america and i think there's been a grip on to russia. you know a few years ago already. they realized that america was not willing to discuss security or and that you are simply following not following the u.s. nato is total disarray because trump the finger where it hurts you know all the europeans didn't pay for their dissidents so loudly as saying like was your mother omen thought the same john didn't say we can't be thomas' europe m. at centcom we've got reinforced nato i mean it's a total cockup. look at the relations with turkey turkey i mean come on they made all these gas and they said greece with war and france

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allison roberts reports from lisbon.er was lost across the island due to lightning strikes. the storm brought heavy rain resulting in widespread flooding of streets, underground car parks and also some homes. no—one was reported injured but several dozen people were left homeless. the water came up above the sidewalk, i had to leave. there was nothing i could do. continuing unstable weather prompted the authorities to urge the island's quarter of a million residents to stay indoors. the power is now back on for most of the island's inhabitants but the electricity company has warned that it will take time to replace some of the damaged equipment. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. iamat i am at lewis vaughan—jones and this is bbc news. goodbye. hello. it is going to feel like spring for the first part of the week for many of us. in fact, in some places you'd be forgiven for thinking summer had arrived early with values up to 22 or maybe 23 degrees. but by the end of the week it will feel more like winter ha

president saying we imagine in the old armory of billing and sign a declaration leading up to the lisbon treaty and i got time. we committed it as the member countries of the european union with the being united states to all our good fortune and i think the pandemic has shown once again how good it is we have this european union. looking up when you protectionist tendencies in the situation all over the world i think that makes clearly i my view that. the german presidency meetings we provided the grand word for what is so very important joint european action. it's got is unless offered you've got to ask nothing is. very important for the economic situation the european recovery and resilience funding our air. is something which is unparalleled in history and by establishing it the member countries have prepared the ground for a digital climate friendly much more resilient. growth for europe and if you say that today in the german parliament we're looking at the very important decision on ratifying the only resources decision and let me say once again this r f is a unique a one off and