for a decade now, the grand mosque has been abu dhabi's most popular tourist location — until this astonishing creation came along. the louvre loan from paris, and others, bought and permanent. from ancient pieces, to african sculptures, facing european masterpieces from every era. while contemporary arabic art shares space with chinese sculpture. it's a universal museum, it's a museum that takes you through time and through different geographies. you'll be able to see different cultures and different civilisations in contact with one another. in a way, to me, walking to the galleries is walking through time and seeing what is happening in different parts of the world at the same moment. there is a medina, or arabic village feel, to the layout and as for the architecture here, well, it's all about geometry and light. it's a dome symbolising islamic architecture, but as you can see, there is eight layers up there that allows the light to filter through and come down as you can see it, with what the architect calls the rain of light. so, this whole display of the museum is in a way representing who we are as emiratis, because

for a decade now, the grand mosque has been abu dhabi's most popular tourist location — until this astonishing creation came along. the louvrem paris, and others, bought and permanent. from ancient pieces, to african sculptures, facing european masterpieces from every era. while contemporary arabic art shares space with chinese sculpture. it's a universal museum, it's a museum that takes you through time and through different geographies. you'll be able to see different cultures and different civilisations in contact with one another. in a way, to me, walking through the galleries is walking through time and seeing what's happening in different parts of the world at the same moment. there is a medina, or arabic village, feel to the layout and as for the architecture here, well, it's all about geometry and light. it's a dome symbolising islamic architecture, but as you can see, there is eight layers up there that allows the light to filter through and come down as you can see it, with what the architect calls the rain of light. so this whole display of the museum is in a way representing who we are as emiratis because we've a

motorists driving from dubai to abu dhabi will be able to see 10 billboards with pictures of artworks at the louvrel to hear 30—second lesson on each piece. and the financial times has a look at sticker rules in london planned for driver hours, that could hit ride—hailing apps like uber. london's transport authority says all private car companies will be compelled to hand over data on driver working hours, in a move the paper says that's seen as specifically aimed at uber. sparking a lot of discussion online as well. yes let's looks at what is trending right now. the shooting in florida is getting attention online — and a lot of it is calling out american politicians. screenwriter bess kalb, who writes forjimmy kimmel live, has been singling out senators who are tweeting their condolences. she is responding with the amount of money they have received from the national rifle association. for example — when florida's senator marco rubio tweeted that "today is that terrible day you pray never comes" ms kalb replied with a figure ofjust over $3 million. and staying with that story. while the shooting h

map that was displayed in one of its museums the map was published by the united arab emirates louvre abu dhabi museum the head of the national committee for human rights in qatar says the louvre museum has apologized for this tensions have been high in the region since the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain can ties with qatar of february sixth marks one hundred years since women won the right to vote in the united kingdom activists at the forefront of their campaign were known as suffragettes bonamy phillips has their story the way i was. was. an epic victory celebrated in the museum of london one hundred years since the first british women got the vote all thanks to the suffragettes who took on the establishment and won. it wasn't easy they chained themselves to fences outside parliament many were arrested beaten went on hunger strike one even threw herself at the king's horse in the famous darby race. she died but the cause did not the suffragette struggles but they ultimately won for what they make british society today one hundred years on with they believe that women have achieved tru

for a decade now, the grand mosque has been abu dhabi's most popular tourist location — until this astonishing creation came along. the louvree with chinese sculpture. it's a universal museum, it's a museum that takes you through time and through different geographies. you'll be able to see different cultures and different civilisations in contact with one another. in a way, to me, walking to the galleries is walking through time and seeing what is happening in different parts of the world at the same moment. there is a medina, or arabic village feel, to the layout geometry and light. it's a dome symbolising islamic architecture, but as you can see, there is eight layers up there that allows the light to filter through and come down as you can see it, with what the architect calls the rain of light. so, this whole display of the museum is in a way representing who we are as emiratis, because we's always been in the middle of this region. the gulf has always been a connection of trade and different civilisations, so... going through this narrative allows you to capture the essence of who we are, the essence of who the uae is

a map that was displayed in one of its museums it was published by the united arab emirates louvre in abu dhabi museum the head of the national committee for human rights in qatar says the louvre museum has apologized for the admission the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain cut ties with qatar in june. a single ambulance service is at the forefront of saving lives in somalia's capital mogadishu limited medical services not enough in a city often vulnerable to bomb attacks and while the local health care system is slowly improving of the years of neglect for many it is not coming soon enough for me to miller has more from mogadishu. you know i think it's ten am and the seventh emergency call of the morning comes through you know please it's from this call center in mogadishu that the only free ambulance service in the city is run it's not a huge operation but the staff are kept busy of the following of the. we are very busy when explosions happen when they do i have to do more than just drive i have to help the nurses with patients twelve years ago up to carter had used all these savings to b

also talking about abu dhabi pushing the louvre.e motorway. you drive down the motorway. you drive down the motorway a 100 kilometres and you will see on the highway side artworks in the louvre —— in the louvre. the idea that you have to hu rtle louvre. the idea that you have to hurtle100. i think they are more interested in reminding you that you have a louvre. could to speak he once again. thanks for watching. from all of us, thank give are joining us. the weekend is fast approaching and the weather is looking mixed. a little mixed through the weekend. friday, for most of us, is looking absolutely fine. a lot of clear skies out there so there is plenty of sunshine on the way. but friday is going to start off pretty frosty. here is the satellite image. we have got some snow clouds across scotland right now. there's a cold airstream coming all the way from the arctic regions — from greenland, from iceland, tucking into scotland, so here we could see over the next couple of days or so quite a bit of snow. but that is going to be most

well, if you're in abu dhabi you can — and not any old collection — it's in conjunction with the prestious louvre, editor of monocle. no surprise there are going to speak about the florida shooting. president trump says that mental health is the key issue. he is given a speech in which he

louvre museum and france has opened an official investigations the removal of cattle from a map that was displayed in one of its museums the map was published by the united arab emirates louve abu dhabi museum the head of the national committee for human rights in council says the move museum has apologized tension has been high in the region says the u.a.e. saudi arabia egypt and bahrain qatar is with cattle in. scotland which is the traditional home of a winter olympic sport. from here. ok all this for now and has peter thank you so much slower there are just three days to go until the winter olympic games beginning pyong chang but a number of banned russian competitors are not giving up their fight to compete thirty two athletes have appealed to the court of arbitration for sport including champion speed skater victor on the hearing will likely be held on wednesday this follows a decision by the court last week to overturn the lifetime of them pick bands of twenty eight russians due to doping claims one hundred sixty nine competitors were cleared to competing pyong chang in a neutral elim pick athlete from russia team and the issue was same tool at a meeting of the international o

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