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Voiceover this is bbc news. We will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. As an art critic and ajournalist, ifeel like a very lucky man indeed, because i get to spend tonnes of time inside museums, places ive loved ever since i was a boy. And during my working life, ive witnessed something astonishing how radically theyve changed. The days of museums as grand, intimidating treasuries for dusty objects are long gone. Theyre becoming much more d...

The countrys president. The organisation earlier set a deadline of sunday to reinstate deposed president , mohamed bazoum. A delegation from the bloc visited niger thursday but failed to meet coup leaders, or mr bazoum. Video has emerged purporting to show a Sea Drone Driving into the side of a Russian Naval vessel in the black sea. The bbc has not yet verified this video, but the footage appears to show a drone hitting the side of the large ship. The video was released by the Ukrainian Security...

of cultural exchange between east and west. im starting at the pera museum, once an exclusive hotel in the heart of istanbuls diplomatic district. i cant think of anywhere else quite like it, a unique, privately run museum, with a collection exploring the relationship between east and west — a centuries—long exchange that culminated in a controversial art movement known as orientalism. im here, though, to find out how people in turkey feel about orientalism today. for art historian...

Museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. This is amazing. So this is his studio. I can walk around, can i . He was painting the orient within the orient. When you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. I think thats rather wonderful. Im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. Lying on either side of the bosporus st...

museums, i believe, are really having a moment, and thats what i want to explore. this is amazing. so this is his studio. i can walk around, can i? he was painting the orient within the orient. when you see my work, you can easily link the concepts, lets say, or the technique, anything from them, as inspiring. i think thats rather wonderful. im in istanbul, that great, entrancing, ancient megalopolis, once the capital of the byzantine and ottoman empires. lying on either side of the bo...

a bbc investigation exposes a culture of humiliation, verbal abuse and bullying at one of the uks largest mental health hospitals. the us rapper coolio dies at the age of 59. could earlier kick—off times keep football clubs in business? a meeting will be held today to come up with a plan to help clubs deal with rising energy costs. rain to clear south—west england this morning and then sunny spells and showers. with winds, not feeling as cool as it has in recent days. details later...

texas elementary school that left 19 students and two teachers dead. and yesterday, if you are people were killed in that tulsa medical office shooting when a patient went after his doctor. take you both places live. the president has been under increasing pressure to do something about gun violence, but he has consistently deferred to congress where talks are continuing. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good ...

In schools. more than 20 states require that. so anti—semitism looks like something that happens across the sea. and it happened a very long time ago, and it has absolutely no relationship whatsoever to the american experience. the reality is, is that anti—semitism has been on american soil since the very firstjews landed here in 1654. so final question for you. what message would you have then to americans? i think its very important that americans pay very close attention to the plan that ...

The women of the near east, im in turkeys largest city, istanbul. looking at the collection of orientalist art here at the pera museum, ive discovered how the wests fascination with the east resulted in art that subtly — and sometimes not so subtly — asserted a sense of superiority. im meeting istanbul—based artist ardan ozmenoglu, whos inspired by orientalism. she wants to show me the works here that captivate her the most. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in par...

Istanbul. looking at the collection of orientalist art here im meeting istanbul—based artist ardan ozmenoglu, whos inspired by orientalism. ardan, i think this is an unbelievably intriguing picture. in part, thats because of its date, which is very prominently painted in the top left hand corner. 1654. so this is a 17th century painting of an oriental scene. but one thing that strikes me immediately is that youve got these two bands to the painting. do you have a sense how were meant to read i...