from the royal academy in london our arts editor will gompertz reports. the show starts by setting the scene. we meet the main protagonist, charles i, king of england, scotland and ireland from 1625—1619. he had a great eye for art, as did his mrs, henrietta maria. both portraits were painted by this fella, the flemish artist anthony van dyck, who charles i hired as his court painter, or what we'd call nowadays as his artist in residence. he has two main focuses for his collection. that's mantegna's triumphs of caesar, by the way. his first passion was for german, flemish and dutch artists of the northern renaissance, hence we have this wonderwall of hans holbein portraits, at the end of which is this absolute cracker of robert cheeseman, the royal falconer. his other great love was the artists of the italian high renaissance, people like pisano and here, people like tintoretto, who painted this dramatic, biblical scene. injust two decades, charles and henrietta amassed an art collection to rival any court in europe, but it all came to a very abrupt end w

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will gompertz, bbc news, the royal academy. of the ancient sun king rameses has moved toa ancient sun king rameses has moved to a new home. it is quite a business. it weighs 83 tons. it is being transferred to the atrium of the grand egyptian museum. the hope is that it will help wind back tourist. a ceremony to help mark the move mentioned the importance of the museum to tourism which has been heavily impacted by fighting. hello. friday will be the coldest day of the week but, with lighter winds, most of us seeing some sunshine at some stage of the day. our perception may well be, as we are in between weather systems with lots of dry weather, it's the most pleasant weather day of the week but weather fronts are coming in for the weekend as we will show you in a moment. this is how it looks for early risers. a few showers dotted about through parts of england and wales. and cold enough for a touch of frost where you've been clear for any period of time overnight, particularly across parts of scotland, into northern ireland and

will gompertz, bbc news, the royal academy. pictures now from cairo.rand egyptian museum. the hope is that it will help to win back tourist. at a ceremony to help mark the move, a official helped to mark the importance of this project. briefly, almay news again, united nations officials are warning the 1.5 million people are on the brink of famine in south soother sedan. —— sudan. dozens more have been hurt in a fire sudan. dozens more have been hurt in afire in sudan. dozens more have been hurt in a fire in south korea and officials expect the number of dead to rise. it is thought the fire started in the emergency department. thank you very much for watching. hello. friday will be the coldest day of the week but, with lighter winds, most of us seeing some sunshine at some stage of the day. our perception may well be, as we are in between weather systems with lots of dry weather, it's the most pleasant weather day of the week but weather fronts are coming in for the weekend as we will show you in a moment. this is how it looks for early risers. a few s

our arts editor, will gompertz, has been to the royal academy to have a look.e meet the main protagonist, king charles i, king of england, scotla nd king charles i, king of england, scotland and ireland from 1625 — scotland and ireland from 1625 - 1649. he had a great from 1625 -1649. he had a great eye for art, as did his misses, henrietta maria. both porkers were painted by this fella, the flemish artist anthony van dyck, who king charles i hired as his court painter, and what we would now call now as his artist in residence. he has two main focuses for his collection — that's montegna's the triumph of caesar, by the way — his first passionate was for the german flemish and dutch artists of the northern renaissance. hence we have this wonder wall of hans holbein portraits, at the end of which is this absolute cracker, of robert his other great love was the artists of the italian high renaissance. people like pisano and here tintoretto, painted this dramatic biblical scene. injust two decades, charles and henrietta amassed enough ofa charles and henrietta amas

peckman at play by henry paley pollock was the first painting of mine is to be exhibited at london's royal academyof arts. what's surprising about it is the game. a tribute to an undeniable childhood which demands an outlets even in rough and dangerous living conditions. in class conscious france it was. who elevated peasant children to the rank of socially acceptable subject matter. eighteen sixty million years painting feeding the young. the father is visible in the background working the field. but the focus is on the children. for me a child it is a universal experience timeless and yet it already contains the seeds of aging a peasant's life is how. nineteenth century europe was marked by famine and migration to the city of london a place of poverty and deprivation to survive homeless destitute orphans had no choice but to perform menial work artists adopted the street urchin as a subject. the french artist jew best in the past painted this image of a flower vendor in london. the young go off his her roses to passers by. naturally the flowers symbolize her youth and beauty. a stranger looms in

from the royal academy in london our arts editor will gompertz reports.n protagonist, charles i, king of england, scotland and ireland from 1625—1619. he had a great eye for art, as did his mrs, henrietta maria. both portraits were painted by this fella, the flemish artist anthony van dyck, who charles i hired as his court painter, or what we'd call nowadays as his artist in residence. he has two main focuses for his collection. that's mantegna's triumphs of caesar, by the way. his first passion was for german, flemish and dutch artists of the northern renaissance, hence we have this wonderwall of hans holbein portraits, at the end of which is this absolute cracker of robert cheeseman, the royal falconer. his other great love was the artists of the italian high renaissance, people like pisano and here, people like tintoretto, who painted this dramatic, biblical scene.

because a figure because you feel good in two thousand and seven so norman rosenthal devoted the royal academy his biggest ever retrospective to georg boston it's that month's archivist really shocked us as a whole i don't mean he's as important as picasso but you can talk about him in the same breath as because of this and think of him on this level is could. knock him if he didn't come as a few to me to mean this little as i don't regard myself as the bearer of any message or as a magician who turns everything he touches to art but as opposed to all of its accords and yet he's a star of the art world his works hand in the leading museums worldwide even so he's been skinned when it comes to criticism. has been levied or off the bat or trying to put on a i have always noticed with basil it that he's an. credibly sensitive to statements he sees as negative almost like a seismograph. only i get. color show tough man recently retired curator at munich's modern art museum the pin that could take them all down the exhibited thousand hits as early as the one nine hundred seventy s. she devoted a who

i'm here at government house at the royal military academy, sandhurst, outside london, where the frenchmmanuel macron has just been holding talks with the british prime minister theresa may about defence and immigration. of course, in the context of brexit, after those talks were over, i sat down with president macron to discuss those issues, but also france's role in the wider world, with china, and of course with president trump. mr president, we're sitting here at sandhurst at the heart of british military culture, and you've just come to a new military agreement. can i start by asking you what you've agreed with theresa may? we agreed a series of cooperations. cooperation in terms of capacities, on future projects, on new capacities for new weapons in the future, which represent very huge investments, but it is very important because we have a very strong relationship in terms of defence. that's a bilateral relationship, nothing to do with brexit. is that because the russians are tooling up with new weapons all the time, and there is a threat from the east, or what? notjust a threat

the talks took place at the royal military academy, sandhurst.ay committed tens of millions of pounds to strengthen uk border controls in france. the sandhurst treaty will also accelerate the processing of migrants trying to come to the uk through calais. and while both countries committed to closer military cooperation, mr macron warned that if britain wanted access to the single market after brexit, then it would have to play by the eu's rules. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar reports. nothing like a bit of pomp and ceremony to get a big meeting started. monsieur macron and mrs may won't be eu partners much longer, so they are now keener than ever to keep in step where they can, to stay in tune. france is a key ally. brexit is coming and the prime minister is treading a delicate line. cooperation now, always hoping friendship pays off in the future. at least, goodwill is on theresa may's wish list. the president came to this sandhurst summit to talk business about military collaboration and border co—operation. he wanted more cash for b

hosting today and they said magnificent royal military academy at center. underlies the very profound ties between us and i just like to remind everybody and there are two things which no kind of vote or political decision can change that history and geography. and this puts. fronted by the same kind of strategic challenges looking for and i think that is something which we had actually seen easy today. the very profound time. exist between the men and women of our two countries. people who. are accustomed to live both sides of the channel and you did. very well at this first. entente cordiale which is to make sure that we have to continue to have the same kind of relationship as before. regular meetings a permanent consultation on important subjects. whether it be iran syria or hell we are committed both of us to shared work so that the whole of europe can work together. in particular on iran very worried by this but right from the beginning that we observe they go commitments which we made internationally because that's the basis of international credibil

first of all, they are meeting in the royal military academy, not london. >> the message is that britisht alongside french troops all over the world. we remain allies and we will work together even though we are outside of the eu. don't worry, friendship will continue. francine: but they are divorcing. [laughter] what does theresa may need out of macron? dish need a better leader that will give her a better deal out of brexit? >> while she does -- she does. although there has been a nice gesture, a lot of the top has been that britain is going to give a little bit more money towards security around the kelly and dealing with refugees around their -- there. theresa may wants to persuade macron that a good brexit deal of their interests. sort of seean also that may be a good deal that is a bit more on our way, you can see how that might be in macron's interest. francine: how awkward is davos going to be? president trump is speaking on friday. will they meet? >> we do not know. the signals that we are getting difficult is terribly to arrange to meet people at davos. the security is always m

but this freshman at harker academy has been playing since he was 9 years old, and recently was awarded a gold medal by the royalatory of music, and took prizes in several international competitions, and played in the winner's recital at carnegie hall in new york. welcome to the show, wilson. wilson zhang: thank you. robert: what are you going to play for us? wilson: i will be playing "sweet for solo cello number three" by johann sebastian bach. robert: and why pick that one? wilson: well, it is one of my favorite pieces to play because of its continuous, fast, and generally joyous attitude. robert: well, all right, looking forward to it. wilson zhang, enjoy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ robert: thank you very much, that was wonderful. all right, well, thank you, wilson. and you can find out more from about wilson zhang, jeanette arakawa and her book, and memories to light on our website, nbcbayarea.com. and we're also on social media, facebook, and twitter. that's it for our show today. thank you for joining us here on "asian pacific america." we go out with more from wilson zhang, and thanks for

the british royal navy which was the most popular one in the world considered the finest navy in the world but at the time they educated their officers exclusively at sea. not in an academy at that point. so that's kind of the ornament, it's very much this idea that part of the naval tradition is to send young men out there and it's possible to see if they can handle the rigors of naval life and sort of this idea that an academy of education wouldn't really train officers that would be still, and leaders. >> essentially, there's several things going on. the war of 1812 was a dividing point in our country's history. before the war of 1812, you have many americans feeling not exactly secureabout the united states in the sense that the united states had several national security threats . so threats from the british, threats from other european powers area threats from pirates in the mediterranean sea, threats from native americans in north america. and they're very much into this idea that particularly naval officers have to be well-suited to be able to defend the country on the high seas and they need to be first and foremost skilled mariners and skilled combat leaders. a

the talks took place at the royal military academy, sandhurst. may committed tens of millions of pounds to strengthen uk border controls in france. the sandhurst treaty will also accelerate the processing of migrants trying to come to the uk through calais. and while both countries committed to closer military cooperation, mr macron warned that if britain wanted access to the single market after brexit then it would have to play by the eu's rules. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. nothing like a bit of pomp and ceremony to get a big meeting started. monsieur macron and mrs may won't be eu partners much longer, so they are now keener than ever to keep in step where they can, to stay in tune. france is a key ally. brexit is coming and the prime minister is treading a delicate line.

the significance of this happening at the royal military academy at sandhurst, to underline the militaryction of the troops. we can now speak to vicki