the preserved collection of twenty million items in brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro. almost totally destroyed on sunday night. museum stuff the following morning coming to terms with what happened. it's a tragedy it is there is a period of mourning we have to go through this period of mourning but we have to think what now it does not help just to cry it's necessary for all the authorities that have the resources specifically the federal government to help the national museum put its history back together now. we've already lost part of our collection brazil cannot lose its history. but as you. brazilians are already asking how this could have happened and who's responsible has been angry protests outside the museum and some say many years of budget cuts are to blame. rio as a city is in crisis government cutbacks rising violence and fewer tourists and this the country's history up in flames feels to many brazilians like a bad omen. you're watching the w. news live from berlin for all of us here in berlin thanks for the company will be back at the top of the hour with

angry scenes the morning after the disastrous fire which ripped through brazil's historic national museum. protesters demanding to inspect the damage for themselves they want to see the museum rebuilt and punishment for those who failed to protect the two hundred year old building and its priceless contents. how can we explain in words what you have lost. we are here to say goodbye to the museum and to fight for its restoration our national memories are here. here look at this i went to sleep thinking it was a nightmare i thought i was going to wake up from it is a little difficult just as i feel more anger than sadness because it could have been avoided there wasn't even water of course there are guilty people and they have to be punished. devastated staff a devoted their careers to looking after the twenty million pieces in the museum's collection this curator came straight to the museum on hearing about the fire she helped to recover some valuable mature rights. that i was i was in a rush to get in because i knew where the meteorites where they were brought out of the ashes a real phoe

firefighters are trying to control a huge blaze which is tearing through the national museum of brazil in rio dejaniero. the fire is believed to have started after the museum closed for the day. the 200—year—old collection contains millions of exhibits and is housed in a former imperial palace. its natural history collection includes important dinosaur bones and a 12,000—year—old human skeleton of a woman, the oldest ever found in the americas. our south america correspondent katy watson says the scale of the damage to the building is already clear. you look at the images and the entire building is up in flames. and mr — president michel temer has already said this is a tragic day for all brazilians, and an impossible loss for the archives of the museum. and, as you said, this is a 200—year—old museum. it houses around 20 million different items in its collection, so this is a devastating loss for the museum community, and for brazil as a whole. we're just listening there to the sounds of sirens, firefighters presumably trying to bring the fire under control. that's right, they've been

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to see. david least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections wrong wish for the. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories. but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone forward for. many innocents. but. the iraqi city of samarra has some of the world's some of the country's most significant archaeological discoveries you know asco says it should be protected as a world heritage site but those living there say some land fox land marks are being left to crumble matheson as more. for twelve centuries the spiral minaret of the great mosque has survived storms and wars but perhaps its greatest danger is from neglect and. this is the first time we've seen the spiral minaret since two thousa

brazil's at national museum goes up in flames. an update on the fire.ble loss of the archives in their museum. it is a 200—year—old museum housing around 20 million different items in its collection. this is a devastating loss for the museum community and brazilians as a whole. they've been working on it for several hours. it is believed the fire broke out after visiting hours on a sunday and it is understood there are experts on the scene to see what they can save. looking at the images and the extent of the fire, it does look like there isa of the fire, it does look like there is a very little of the museum and the fire is still very much under way, it is far from the fire is still very much under way, it is farfrom over and a the fire is still very much under way, it is far from over and a very dramatic loss for brazil. in the next few hours, two journalists are expected to hear whether they've been convicted of breaching myanmar‘s official secrets law. the pair, kyaw soe 0o and wa lone, work for the international news agency, reuters. they'd been in

all that's left of brazil's national museum. millions of historic items now turn to ash destroyed by a fire that is rich through brazil's history and its culture but its hopes that all is not lost among items firefighters have already found of fragments of bone it's hoped to skull one of the oldest fossils ever found in the americas maybe among them. bones were found but we still don't know if it's the skull of loot c.-o. we're waiting researches also managed to rescue some items. and there was great excitement when a security guard found this document across the street. but nothing can replace what's been destroyed and although the government has promised money to shore up what's left of the museum many feel successive governments have simply neglected this brazilian treasure house. to nigeria now in the port in the mega city of lagos is one of the most important in west africa and one of the most chaotic one month ago nigeria's vice president ordered a seventy two hour security operation to clear up the traffic jams around the

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also coming up hundreds of years of history up in flames a massive fire sweeps through brazil's national museum the president calling it an incalculable loss but critics say the blaze could have been prevented. and global condemnation for me in mars attacks on freedom of the press today a judge sentenced to international journalists to prison for their reporting on what the u.n. calls the ethnic cleansing of the engine minority. golf it's good to have you with us it is a monday a very different from just one week ago tonight tens of thousands of people are attending an anti-racism concert in the eastern or german city of kemet now. the city became a flashpoint in germany's divisive debate over migrants after a german man was stabbed to death a week ago the two asylum seekers were arrested in that killing after a week of protests in which right wing extremists were out in force tonight's concert as i'm trying to do an estimated fifty thousand people. yes they did these intimate there were more of us that was the most of today's event is liberal germans responded to calls to stand up against from

all that's left of brazil's national museum and. millions of historic items now turned to ash. destroyed by a fire that is rich through brazil's history and its culture. but its hopes that all is not lost among items firefighters have already found of fragments of bone it's hope to skull one of the oldest fossils ever found in the americas maybe among them. bones were found but we still don't know if it's the skull of lutea we're waiting researches also managed to rescue some items and there was great excitement when a security guard found this document across the street. but nothing can replace what's been destroyed and although the government has promised money to shore up what's left of the museum many feel successive governments have simply neglected this brazilian treasure house of germany and turkey kicked off a series of high level visits today relations between the two countries have soured in recent years of human rights and other issues germany's foreign minister will meet with turkish president wretch of type there to one in ankara later today i only get gender for t

the national museums hundreds of rooms featured ancient egyptian artifacts the largest collection in latin america and the oldest human fossil in brazil known as louisa the museum turned two hundred this year now twenty eight thousand will also be remembered for this devastating fire natasha going to name does iraq. in malaysia two women have been caned in public after being convicted of being in a lesbian relationship the women were cain six times in a room of one hundred people entering states it's a rare case of public whipping in the country like amnesty international have called the punishment cruel inhumane and degrading the indian state of carolina which saw the worst floods in a century is now grappling with a new disease scare at least fifteen people have been killed because of what's known as the rate fever of in two hundred confirmed cases of the water borne disease the number of patients surge after torrential rain flooded almost all of the southern states last month. tell us about what's trending in sports including messy missing teeth or reveal a controversial list of no

the preserved collection of 20 million items in brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro almost totallyestroyed on sunday night. museum staff the following morning coming to terms with what happened. >> it is a tragedy. it is. there is a period of mourning. we have to go through this, but we have to think, what now? it does not help just to cry. it is necessary for all the authorities that have the resources, specifically the federal government, to help the national museum put its history back together. we have already lost part of her collection. brazil cannot lose its history. reporter: brazilians are already asking how this could have happened, and who is responsible. there has been angry protests outside the museum. some say many years of budget cuts are to blame. rio, as a city, is in crisis. government cutbacks, rising violence, and you were tourists. in the country's history up in flames feels to many brazilians like a bad omen. brent: time to get to the world of surfing. sandy beaches and son. it is easy to picture. imagine if you were unable to, if you were blind. this is the s

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to save at least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections was wrong which was. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone for ever. but innocent just. but as you. plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour including the archaeological treasure in iraq the local say is being treated more like a rubbish dump. the sports teams u.s. open champion is on the way to another final after a tenth straight with. an instantly shifting news cycle receiving change in america tweet the listening post take sports and questions the world's need the devil will be in the details the kind that cannot be conveyed in two hundred eighty characters or fewer exposing ho

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to save at least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections already wrong which for the. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone forward for many innocent just . but as you. american documentary make a michael moore has released a film that compares u.s. president donald trump's rise to that of hitler as fahrenheit eleven nine is the sequel to his controversial film fahrenheit nine eleven about george w. bush it's also a play on the day on the u.s. election everyone is all know has more from new york. he's one of america's most popular documentary makers and he's also one of the most polarizing focusing his lens on everyone from george w. bush now watch thi

protests in brazil as funding cuts are blamed for a massive fire which destroyed the national museum in rio on the nation around the world as to reuters journalists are jailed in myanmar for seven years in a major blow to press freedom plus. thousands turned out for an anti racism concert in the eastern german city that's rocked by far right on. let's begin the program in argentina where the president has been setting up proposals aimed at cutting the country's budget deficit and propping up the troubled peso in an effort to reduce. public spending mattress said he will have the number of government ministries he also reversed one of his main policies by reinstating taxes on agricultural exports well the cuts come as not really goes negotiates the terms of a fifty billion dollar relief package from the international monetary fund. to cover what's missing during this transition that's become an emergency will ask those who have more capacity to contribute i'm referring to those who export in argentina that your contributions are greater. people who we have known in regard to our govern

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in brazil funding cuts are blamed for a fire at the national museum in rio that destroyed two hundred years of history. worldwide condemnation as mean marginals to voice as journalist on charges of possessing secret government documents and. thousands turn out for an anti racism concert in a german city rocked by far right rest. welcome to al-jazeera argentina is introducing austerity measures in an effort to stem its currency crisis president. has admitted the economy is facing an emergency is increasing export taxes cutting public spending and slashing the number of government ministries from nineteen to ten yards in time peso has lost more than half its value against the dollar this year and took another dip on monday the world's worst performing currency fairing worse than the turkish lira the central bankers trying to shore up the paizo by increasing interest rates which are now at sixty percent last week the government asked the international monetary fund for an early access to fifty billion dollars the biggest i.m.f. bailout loan in history that will be the subject of talks wi

of the national museum and all its trash and thus prompted students to try to save at least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections there is one which shows the. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone forward for many innocent just. because you. sound to zero time to look at the headlines now tanzania's president has ordered the arrest of a ferry operator involved in the disaster on lake victoria four days of mourning has been declared for the passengers who drowned at least one hundred thirty one died hundreds more are still missing after the crowded boat capsized on thursday the chairman of the us senate judiciary committee says he'll give brett cavanagh's accuser more time to negotiate the details of their testimony before t

the national museums hundreds of rooms featured ancient egyptian artifacts the largest collection in latin america and the oldest human fossil in brazil known as louisa the museum turned two hundred this year now twenty eighteen will also be remembered for this devastating fire natasha good name al-jazeera. tough is it take a look at the top stories here about sarah as we might read condemnation of a mammal called physician to jail to reuters journalists while learn and so who were found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in prison and they were arrested in december while investigating the killings of ranger ereka in state general say they were framed by police. you know this is unfair i want to say they are obviously threatening our democracy and destroying freedom of press in our country we will face the situation calmly and the best way we can we are afraid of nothing as we did nothing wrong iraq first parliamentary session since the disputed election in may is underway eleven political groups have agreed to create an alliance which could give them a wo

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to save at least memories. of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections there is one wish for the. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone for when for many innocent player they had need but as you know. this is al jazeera these are the top stories so far today the iranian president has ordered his security forces to use all means necessary to identify who was behind an attack on a military parade at least twenty nine people were killed in our cars when a gunman opened fire on crowds there they were commemorating the start of the iran iraq war i saw were quick to claim responsibility however an iranian military spokesman has blamed groups linked to quote two gulf coun

brazil's national museum goes up in flames — 20 million objects are thought to be at risk.undreds of thousands of documents witheld — is the white house hiding details of president trump's pick for the supreme court? and a verdict‘s expected in the case of two myanmarjournalists on trial after investigating killings by the security forces. welcome to the programme. the number of people dying while trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe has risen sharply — that's according to the united nations‘ refugee agency. over 1,600 people are known to have died so far this year alone. the agency is urging european governments to place more emphasis on saving lives than on reducing the numbers of migrants. bill hayton reports.

also i go to brazil funding cuts are blamed for a fire at the national museum in rio de janeiro that destroyed two hundred years of history. and the richest challenges the u.k. at the un's top court saying the british illegally forced it to give up the check of silence in return for independence. welcome to the program argentina is introducing measures in an effort to stem its currency crisis president c. of my creed has admitted the economy is facing an emergency he's increasing export taxes cutting public spending and slashing the number of government ministries from nineteen to tend the argentine peso has lost more than half its value against the dollar this year and took another dip on monday it's not the world's worst performing currency very worse than the turkish lira the central bank has tried to shore up the pace so by increasing interest rates which are now at sixty percent last week the government asked the international monetary fund for an early access to. a fifty billion dollar loan the biggest i.m.f. bailout in history that'll be the subject of talks with i.m.f. offici

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to save at least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections already wrong which was. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories. but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone forward for. the innocent just . because you. know it's only through the headlines now when al-jazeera iran's president is vowing what he calls a crushing response after gunmen sprayed a military parade with gunfire at least twenty nine people were killed including four gunmen in the southern city of. i still claim to responsibility but the iranian military blames groups linked to quote two gulf countries. the campaign office of the maldives opposition candidate has been raided by police the evening before the election president abdu

a picture there and it says attention ever on a few people are gathering photos taken at the national museum in rare anyone who has those those photos that is encouraged to send them and share them as well so few of those pictures than our brazilians protested outside the museum against the fire on the chronic underfunding of public institutions in brazil they were met by police who fired take acid then and brazil's president says the blaze is a tragedy and has promised to re build the newseum and as the museum is being clear its people in brazil are just beginning to see the extent of the damage and this video is shared on social media shows some of the devastation the caption reads incredibly sad video from inside brazil's gutted national museum only the meteorites withstood the fire. and have a story to share with us this morning. thank you very much for that and still ahead on the job. the internet and hollywood. has set. thank you welcome back sar of notice a large number of actors on line are talking about on his jobs were sissel about us a story that interested quite a few of us on th

wrecking slip men and police in brazil have fired tear gas at protesters outside what's left of the national museum in rio the demonstration came after a massive fire destroyed the two hundred year old building protesters say public institutions have been chronically underfunded. militias is trying to persuade judges in the united nations' top call that it was coerced by the u.k. to give up the chain. violence in exchange for independence the chain of silence was split from russia in one nine hundred sixty five when it was a british colony the following year the u.s. at least the biggest island garcia and installed an air base hundreds of locals were forced to leave russia later gained independence but the islands remain british territory the case is being seen as a test of the legality of such colonial era deals the shameful or weeks not recall and continue immense suffering through our of them recent population come and you referred to. the saigon films have fought for more than four decades for the right to return to their place of birth the choice we were face was no choice at all it was in the

a few months ago, the national museum of brazil has celebrated 200 yea rs of its museum of brazil hass of its existence, since it was founded by the portuguese imperial family in brazil, the royal family had lived in this building. and now it housed 20 million artefacts related to history, zoology, archaeology, and many of these important chapters of brazilian history and world history have now disappeared with the flames, in this tragic fire, that's really been mourned across brazil by historians, by the scientific community and by authorities. there are lots of firefighters still acting here, and it's been three hours since this fire started. there was difficulty in the beginning because there was not enough water in the hydrants in the region to stop the fire, and now trucks came in bringing additional water to try to quench the fire. this comes after many warnings that they were not enough resources to keep this symbolic and very important institution in brazil, to keep up its infrastructure, that it was suffering for a very long time, and there will be a lot of debate and there w

museum had closed. from rio de janeiro, the bbc‘s katy watson. a cherished institution up in flames, and the nation'stroyed. this museum was home to 20 million artefacts, but few are expected to have survived this intense blaze. with the fire now out, the extent of the devastation is becoming clear. experts say the loss of brazil's most important scientific institution is incalculable. a collection rich with extinct species from the americas, dinosaur skeletons and this, a i2,000—year—old human skull called luzia. most of that could have been lost. it is the patrimony of our country, but also the patrimony of the world. here we had some of the best specimens from south america. so we really need your help. throughout the day, firefighters, investigators and even some people who worked at the museum had been going into the building and every so often they come out with an artefact or anything they can salvage from the rubble. among the onlookers was livia, a museum intern. she's devastated. translation: you'd never think of the louvre in paris catching fire. this sort of thing happens in brazil though

a lack of funding is blamed for the disaster at brazil's national museum. japan's much—praised efforts to recycle plastics are not exactly what they seem. industrial plastic has value. it can be recycled and turned into new products. but the same cannot be said of household plastic waste. it is dirty, it is difficult, and it has virtually no value. president trump has backed warnings from the un and many aid organisations that thousands could be killed if the syrian government, with its russian and iranian allies, attack the last major rebel stronghold in syria. mr trump said an attack on idlib would be a grave humanitarian mistake and a tragedy. it is thought president assad's forces are preparing a major offensive. iran's foreign minister said on monday that what he called the remaining terrorists should be cleaned out. the bbc‘s david willis has more. well, mike, and i have to say that president trump is not the first member of his administration to express disquiet over the possibility of an attack on idlib. just last week the secretary of state, mike p

more than 20 million historic relics in the national museum of brazil. going up in flames last night. officials say a fire engulfed a 200-year-old building in rio de janeiro. the museum held an extensive collection of brazilian artifacts but also featured items from around the globe. no reports of any injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a wildfire is growing near lake tahoe after a plane crash sparked a place in the mountains. it started in washoe valley around 2 yesterday afternoon. it's now 80 acres large. a plane crashed in that area where the fire happened. rescuers say that they are struggling to reach the crash site, which is rough, steep terrain. the fire started creeping toward the ski resort. officials say that a shift in the winds seems to have ended that threat for now.'s >> we did have a wind shift, which pushed the fire from north to south. recently stopped the vertical climb. >> it's still not fair how many people were on board the plane or if anyone survived. >> we still have several fires burning around northe

live from birth in a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro gutting the two hundred year old the building the director of the historic institution has called it a cultural tragedy the museum housed something like twenty million valuable items. statues blackened by smoke as their museum is consumed by flames centuries of history destroyed in just a few hours as a fire engulfed the national museum of brazil as firefighters fought a losing battle dozens looked on in disbelief what. we worked on education with different groups from around the world. it's a huge loss. and without words. i don't know what to say. i'm sorry. authorities say it's unclear what caused the fire but it is clear that most of what was housed in the museum has been damaged or destroyed. only a day before these artifacts were on display ancient works from egypt and greece and more than two centuries of brazilian history the museum had long suffered from underfunding that some say put the building at risk of fire found among the ruins. for sports for you i must say this driver lewis h

way in latin america have been blamed for the size of a fire that destroyed much of brazil's national museumto say nearby hydrants weren't working natasha reports. flames shot through the french windows and ornate iron balconies of this former nineteenth century palace. museum employees and art lovers watched in frustration. as firefighters fought to say rio de janeiro's national museum and in doing so preserve centuries of cultural and artistic history you know we'll be you i just saw a piece of my history the house of the emperor where the emperor of the second of brazil used to live being destroyed i see the history of my country becoming ashes it has no price i am devastated. president michelle tamera echoed that sentiment calling this a sad day for all brazilians who have watched two hundred years work investigation and knowledge lost the fire began after the museum closed its doors on sunday evening eighty firefighters worked through monday morning to put it out. a fire department spokesman says they were hampered because two fire hydrants closest to the museum weren't working and fire

flames began sunday night after a closed and quickly ripped through the national museum in rio. daylight, the fire was mostly out, though firefighters could be seen dousing the occasional flare up. among the museums 20 million items, the western hemisphere's oldest human school, a meteorite from the 1700s, and the first fossils ever found in the country. tens of thousands of other relics specifically relate to brazil's history, and it prompted one official to call the fire a lobotomy of brazilian memory. >> we have to go through this period of mourning, but we have to think, what now? brazil cannot lose its history. >> reporter: for many locals the national museum is more than just a place to store artifacts, it is source of pride reduced to a smoldering shell. >> i just saw a piece of my history, the history of my country becoming ashes, it has no price, i am devastated. >> reporter: in a statement, brazil's president says 200 years of work, investigation, and knowledge have been lost. they also said that they received ledges of financial backing, several private and public thi

police in brazil have fired tear gas at protesters outside what's left of the national museum in rio de janeiro. the demonstration came after a massive fire destroyed the two hundred year old building protests a public institutions of being chronically underfunded reports there are of that the building didn't even have a sprinkler system the police are investigating the cause of the blaze brazil's president has promised to rebuild at a latin america editor lucien human has more. only spoken ruin or left of what was brazil's pride and joy the largest anthropological and history collection in the americas. museum of the story and regina dundas could not be consoled but us. it seems like a night i went to sleep thinking it was a nightmare the tower was going to wake up from it was the fire started on sunday evening after the building and one thousand nine hundred three former royal palace closed fortunately there were no casualties but brazilians are mourning the loss of a new replaceable wealth of their history we'll be you i just saw a piece of my history the house of the empire where

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students to try to save at least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections was wrong. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone forward for many innocent. honeydew but as you know the vatican and china have signed a historic agreement recognizing the appointment of seven states appoint a chinese catholic bishops the accord was announced as pope francis arrived in lithuania to begin a four day trip to the baltic states it's a breakthrough in what and what has been frosty diplomatic relations for decades over whether the pope or the government in beijing should appoint china's bishops the vatican spokesman says it's an important step. this is not the end of a process it's rea

the national museums hundreds of rooms featured ancient egyptian artifacts the largest collection in latin america and the oldest human fossil in brazil known as louisa the museum turned two hundred this year now twenty eight thousand will also be remembered for this devastating fire natasha going to name al-jazeera. now the bugs have gone from pennsylvania so when looking west now in the weather with promises of what starts a labor day weekend three holiday can even if you have kalamazoo no no have i seen michigan any way i can go there to find some potential witness at this for a bit of video there was a start of september so about a day or so ago this was a tornado spotted now this isn't a so he calls thoughts but it's all a consequence of a slow moving weather system that goes right through the midwest is this line here that tapers off down the desert southwest along it had been some pretty wet places lincoln nebraska in ninety minutes the last couple days it has rather got lighter this rain in wisconsin and michigan i was that sort of area but look down to texas this is a place t

the burned-out shell of rio de dsniero's national museum once held thousf years of the region's and country's heritage. today, the losses are irreplacable and incalcuable, and a country is in shock. a student sat in the burned museum's shadow, having lost his entire master's degree work. the historian regina dantas looked into a building where she had worked for 30 years. se ( translated ): is like a nightmare. to sleep thinking it wa a nightmare, that i was going to wake up-- >> schifrin: she couldn't continue. she called theollection d nrecoverable." the blaze stnday night and engulfed the museum. 80 firefighters battled for six hours. but nearby hydrants didn't work, and they failed to save a m ilding where brazil signed its independence frtugal in 1822, and that was onc to brazil's royal family. j>> ( translated ):t saw a piece of my history, the house of the brazilian empire on fire, being stroyed. i see the history of my country becoming ashes. it has no price. i'm devastated. we schifrin: inside these walls millions of artifacts, as seen in an old museum handout video. latin america's

the loss of the national museum and all its treasures has prompted students. o try to save at least memories of the past the appeal to museum visitors to help build up an archive and received more than seven thousand e-mails with photos and videos of the museum collections was wrong which was. what we didn't expect this we are going to prepare an archive with the different collections to show what the museum represented to us with personal memories but all this effort to recover and rebuild will remain in digital form most of the original treasures are gone forward for many innocent just the honeydew because you. are human and may be at war but that's not stopping some young people from trying to revive the culture of going to the cinema tickets been selling farce for the premiere of a local production and or simmons reports from nearby djibouti. perhaps it's a distraction from a daily struggle that attracted so many people to the first public screening of a movie in yemen since civil war broke out tickets costing two dollars or something well despite the broke

the national museums hundreds of rooms featured ancient egyptian artifacts the largest collection in latin america and the oldest human fossil in brazil known as louisa the museum turned two hundred this year now twenty eight thousand will also be remembered for this devastating fire natasha going to aim al-jazeera. in a few moments rob will be hit with all the weather and that in the ahead on al-jazeera. a state of emergency has to close in libya after days of fierce battles between viable groups. and meet the japanese photographer who takes you back in time how he captures the present pulse preserving the poss. coming up in sport defending champion slain stevens turns on the style in one of the best rallies of the u.s. open so far. by this guy knowing if. or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello again the fifth time food in the season's on its way to japan the third one similar coast to be honest now it was the biggest so far recorded but in open ocean you'll be pleased to hear you know as it gets to the closer closer to the smaller islands this is always giving fifty six kilo

the national museum in rio de janeiro has burnt down. the fire started on sunday evening after the museum had closed. then the hydrants closest to the museum didn't work so firefighters had to get water from a nearby lake. by that time the fire had spread — with 20 million items inside. they included bones of luzia — the second oldest human remains ever found in the americas. already, cuts are being blamed. this is the museum's director. the museum has been fighting for years and years and years to get better in order to prevent something that has happened here. it's a sad story, but we have to try to go on. brazil's president called the incident "a sad day for all brazilians" on twitter. but concerns about the museum's safety had already been raised. concerns have been repeated again and again about cuts and the museum's safety. this article was published three months ago in the newspaper folha — it details maintenance issues and the impact of budget cuts. this is what we heard from rio‘s fire department. translation: during the process

national museum in the city of. the demonstration. hundred year old building. public institutions have been chronically. he's a professor at the university of brazil he's joining us via skype thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera how would you describe the scale of the damage and the importance of the archaeological collections that were lost in that fire in the museum. there was a tragedy of what has been lost there when it will never be replaced again there were collections meat from the licensed century different parts of that resume and it was in an amazon or different parts of the country as well as well collections from other countries it's called america and also very large the egyptian collection which was purchased by the brazilian emperor in the united states records of all the excavations it's the birth of brazil in archaeology very important please and this is your last forever so it's media tragedy so when the government says that it is now allocating two and a half million dollars for the restoration off this museum does that give you any comfor

tv pictures are showing much of the national museum in rio de janeiro in flames. the 200—year—old collection contains millions of exhibits and is housed in a former imperial palace. the united nations refugee agency has said that migrants trying to cross the mediterranean sea to reach europe are facing ever more deadlyjourneys. unhcr says one in 18 people trying to make the crossing now die. in total, some 1,600 are thought to have drowned this year. democrats in the united states have criticised the white house for withholding hundreds of thousands of documents relating to president trump's nominee to the us supreme court. senate hearings on brett kavanaugh‘s nomination are due to begin on tuesday. he must be endorsed by a majority in the senate. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from ramallah. i'm stephen sackur. more than five decades after the israeli occupation of the west bank began, i've come here, not to meet a palestinian politician, but an artist, perhaps the most renowned palestinian artist of his generation, suleiman mansour. his painting