the national gallery of ireland, home to great masters including caravaggio, rembrandt and goya, hasyed a leading role in irish culture for more than 150 years, inspiring giants such as george bernard shaw, oscar wilde and yeats. the gallery has now reopened after a multi—million pound refurbishment with a spectacular show of the works of the dutch masterjohannes vermeer. our arts editor will gompertz has been to dublin to see the reborn institution said to be at the heart of the nation finally, having been locked firmly shut for the last six years, the gates to ireland's national gallery open once again to reveal what has been a much—needed, £27 million face—lift. we've had the decades of dilapidation, the buckets on the floor, the mouldy paintings and the obvious necessity of improving the gallery and here we are now. it has taken a long time, we have had a whole banking collapse and we have had a huge recession, we have had the literal decimation of all the capital budgets in government and we managed to keep this one going. it has been possible to see some of the gallery's master

during the refurbishment, but not like this, not in theirfull glory, where rubens hangs alongside a rembrandt, no—one knows what she's writing, but there's a sense of her doing something that matters. vermeer‘s famous painting woman writing a letter with her maid. more than anything, though, is about how scarce northern light falls in a room. it's filled with subtlety. there's a great sense of him withholding, holding in, knowing that what he really wants you to do is move your eye always towards this face, that you're going to move in towards something you cannot know and cannot see, which is her gazing at the words she's making. she'll have plenty of company in the weeks ahead in the form of nine other vermeer paintings that the national gallery of ireland has borrowed from museums around the world for a special exhibition to mark its long—awaited reopening. will gompertz, bbc news, dublin. and before we go, take a look at this. there are many hazards facing politicians giving live interviews and the president of costa rica has just discovered a new one. as he was speaking to journalists, a

during the refurbishment, but not like this, not in their full glory, where rubens hangs alongside a rembrandt way... we can't tell, no—one knows what she is writing but there's a sense of her doing something that matters. vermeer‘s famous painting woman writing a letter with her maid. more than anything, though, is about how scarce northern light falls ina room. it's filled with subtlety. there's a great sense of him withholding, holding in, knowing that what he really wants you to do is move your eye always towards this face, that you're going to move in towards something you cannot know and cannot see, which is her gazing at the words she's making. she'll have plenty of company in the weeks ahead in the form of nine other vermeer paintings that the national gallery of ireland has borrowed from museums around the world for a special exhibition to mark its long—awaited reopening. will gompertz, bbc news, dublin. tuesday is world refugee day, and according to the united nations, the number of people who have been forced to leave their homes is now at a record level. the un says 65.5 million pe

and they inspired dutch artists like, rembrandt, the master painter had a tulip first named after him and their beauty is fleeting. visitors can marvel for six weeks each april and may during peak season. soon after, every flower is dug up. with new baby bulbs preserved and stored away until they're planted again in october. >> especially to see this. i heard about this. >> henry sharbeneaux came from canada to wander through it all. >> it touches the soul of the people. it is like -- creation of man, but also, of nature. >> at this hidden garden, in this little village, beside this ancient church, the flower that has been the pride of the dutch for centuries, is alive and growing. and, that's the "overnight news" for 2017. this is the cbs morning news. this morning the president is condemning north korea as a brutal regime demand the release of three american prisoners following american shocking death. >> he spent a year and a half in north korea. a lot of bad things happened. >> democrats protests senate's secrecy accusing republicans of trying to pass obamacare replacement behind

i don't know you why are painting apples, egg shells if rembrandt were alive he would be painting cheetosnd doritos because that is what the country eats. we both went you have to do it i did the painting. michael rooker from guardians of the galaxy saw it. he buys the original. post photo of me and painting on facebook and twitter. he it just blew up. he somewhat made my career, single handily. >> reporter: well, that is amazing but also something else made your career, you say which wasn't a actually good thing but there was forged copies of your work that ended up on line. can you describe that experience how you handled it and what came out of it. >> i guess it was about 10 years ago, maybe a little less , there was a town in china, that makes copies of work and they helped themselves to images off my web site and started to make some copies. they put, they took image on web site and posted my painting on e bay with my signature in it, which we thought was funny, and they were selling a 500, thousands of dollars of painting for $49.95. we got on the news. we ordered one. we held their

and they inspired dutch artists like, rembrandt, the master painter ha after him in 1620.eir beauty is fleeting. visitors can marvel for six weeks each april and may during peak season. soon after, every flower is dug up. with new baby bulbs preserved and stored away until they're planted again in october. >> especially to see this. i heard about this. >> henry sharbeneaux came from canada to wander through it all. >> it touches the soul of the people. it is like -- creation of man, but also, of nature. >> at this hidden garden, in this little village, beside this ancient church, the flower that has been the pride of the dutch for centuries, is alive and growing. and, that's the "overnight news" for tuesday. from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm michelle miller. >>> breaking news. otto warmbier, the american student who returned from north korea in a coma died today. >> there is no excuse for the way the north koreans treated our son. >> it is a brutal regime. >> also tonight terror in europe. in london, a van plows into a crowd of muslims. >> hatred and evi