in the art and the history on show there, there are some great virtual tours available on the vatican museum's normally not open to the public. and just around the corner in rome, the mausoleum of augustus opened earlier this month. it was built in 28bc and has been hidden for 100 years, largely overlooked. a few years back, ade went to see how the restoration work was progressing. it's hard to believe that in its heyday, these walls were three times higher than they are now and they were covered in white marble. of course, none of us can go there and visit yet but the team at fondazione tim has spent a lot of time and effort putting together the story of the mausoleum, which is told in an interactive timeline on their website. let's hope we can all go and visit soon. new york city is beginning to look ahead to a time when it can get its actors and musicians performing again. ny pops up is a festival of hundreds of surprise performances that began in february and will run until the tribeca film festival injune. the shows are unannounced and unticketed to stop too many people from gathering in

gold and silver thread is inspired by davinci is the last supper to mark the anniversary the vatican museum hosted a study day to coincide with the conclusion of a year and a half of restoration work on the 500 year old cloth between there were it's probably one of the earliest interpretations of the great last supper of leonardo in milan time and it up to me. one of the earliest but it certainly wasn't the last the last supper is the most reproduced painting of all time. clowery intervention italian artist daddy organ bought and took 8 hours ploughing lines and curves to complete the portrait the work measured 27 square kilometers but it didn't last long it was dug under a few days later. and are joined by the author of that report melissa holroyd 500 years after 500 years waters davinci most remember. his most remembered as an artist and also as an inventor as a scientist his work in anatomy was hundreds of years ahead of its time also what he has told us in terms of flights yeah that was only really explored at the start of the last century he also asked very very important questions he

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economic downturn the holy see is predicting a $59000000.00 deficit this year the forced closure of vatican museums due to the pandemic has set a major source of its revenue cardinals will have their wages cut by 10 percent or lower paid clerics will have their pay docked at a proportional rate. the saudi led coalition has cleared for fuel ships to dock at yemen's red sea port of her days or comes after the run back to 3 said it would said they would all be greed to a saudi seas far proposal if an air and sea blockades were lifted ambassador barbara woodward as the permanent representative of the u.k. to the united nations she says the opening up of the ports is a move in the right direction. it contains the absolutely key elements to end the war and to end the suffering the humanitarian suffering in yemen so a cease fire reopening the airport and reopening the port in the data implementing the stockholm agreement and allowing fuel and food through the ports and starting inclusive consultations those are really critical elements for returning to peace and building peace in yemen we are also gravely

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with gold and silver thread is inspired by davinci the last supper to mark the anniversary the vatican museum hosted a study day to coincide with the conclusion of a year and a half of restoration work on the 500 year old clash between the it's probably one of the earliest interpretations of the great last supper of leonardo in milan time and it to me. one of the earliest but it certainly wasn't the last the last supper is the most reproduced painting of all time. clowery intervention italian artist daddio graham bought and took 8 hours ploughing lines and curves to complete the portrait the work measured 27 square kilometers but it didn't last long it was dug under a few days later. and are joined by the author of that report melissa holroyd 500 years after 500 years waters davinci most remember. his most remembered as an artist and also as an inventor as a scientist his work in anatomy was hundreds of years ahead of its time also what he has taught us in terms of flights yeah that was only really explored at the start of the last century they also asked very very important questions he aske

in the art and the history on show there, there are some great virtual tours available on the vatican museum's tribeca film festival and june. the shows are unannounced and un— ticketed to stop too many people from gathering in one place and you will be able to catch some of them on the festival's instagram and facebook websites. and an annual highlight of the uk sporting calendar, the oxford cambridge boat race takes place on 3 april, but not in its usual place on the thames and london. there are safety concerns at hammersmith bridge, it's all taking place behind closed doors and temperature. ——in cambridgeshire. the flat fenland there should provide some atmospheric backdrops to the race, but the big attraction in those parts is ely�*s enormous norman cathedral and, of course, its resident tour guide dave, who you'll find on the website. you must remember this is a mediaeval cathedral. it's out to get you. so mind your head. well, unfortunately, that's all the time we have left for today. next week, lucy's here to revisit some of our favourite adventures in south america. including the time

the vatican's income has fallen during the pandemic particularly by the closure of its museums. the olympic torch is starting its four—month journey around japan, as it heads to tokyo for the olympic flame, lit in fukushima. the location is significant, fukushima was of course the site of the devastating tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011 — with the concept behind the olympic torch relay "hope lights our way". .. the olympic flame, flown down from greece, will travel through the country's 47 prefectures, carried by some 10,000 runners. starting with members of the japanese national women's football team. 0ur correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes is in fukushima. it is almost exactly a year since the unprecedented announcement that the tokyo 0lympics would be postponed and since then we have had months of speculation. going to really go ahead? well, you can see behind me here today in fukushima the start of the torch relay. this is really the point of no return. this is japan saint of the world, this game is going to go ahead this summer regardless of the pandemic. well, the to

the vatican's income has fallen during the pandemic particularly by the closure of its museums.ven the current tough economic climate. to china now, where the retail giant h&m is facing a huge backlash, and potential boycott, because it won't source its cotton from china's xinjiang province. in a statement last year, h&m said that it was "deeply concerned" by reports of "forced labour and discrimination" against xinjiang's muslim minorities. then on wednesday, the chinese communist youth league posted this message on social media, saying... chinese state tv released photos mocking the h&m logo, calling it ridiculous, and even celebrities have claimed they're breaking ties with the retailer. jeremy goldkorn is the editor—in—chief of the china—focused news website sup china. hejoins me now. thank you for your time. what you make of this reaction now given that the statement was issued by h&m about a year ago. i'm not sure why h&m was picked on itself at the timing, the last few days has seen a war of words with sanctions imposed by the european union and renewed sanctions by the u