about how they can make their collections more engaging and more in tune with modern audiences. and that is what we re looking at in this week s show, starting here in belgium. the african museum in tervuren, just outside of brussels, is marking its 125th anniversary. and along with a range of events associated with that, the museum s taken the opportunity to reflect on its colonial past. five years ago, the museum underwent a massive renovation, removing problematic statues, changing the labelling around objects, anything that created a negative stereotype about africa. though some things couldn t be changed, like the enduring presence of the monarch who established this place. so here, this hall represents really the two discourses that are taking place in the museum. and you can see, if you lift your head, the name of the late king leopold ii encrypted in everyone s hall. but also, here you actually have an inscription that says in french, la belgique apportant la civilis
after the israeli military carried out one of the largest air strikes in recent months in gaza and lebanon targeting sites of the islamist group hamas. the latest we are hearing from israel itself is their chief of staff has called up reserve soldiers in air defence units, fighterjet pilots and drone operators. israel says they are in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon, which the israelis blame on hamas. carine torbey who is in beirut for us. what is being said in lebanon about who launched these rocket attacks from lebanon to israel? from lebanon to israel? well, nothinu. from lebanon to israel? well, nothing- no from lebanon to israel? well, nothing. no one from lebanon to israel? well, nothing. no one in from lebanon to israel? well, nothing. no one in lebanon i from lebanon to israel? well, i nothing. no one in lebanon has claimed responsibility for what happened yesterday. no one is taking the blame and the government ha
their first ever major tournament. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. our top story for you today: scientists say there s compelling evidence that a market selling live animals in the chinese city of wuhan was the early epicentre of the covid 19 pandemic. it s a significant contribution to what s always been the dominant theory that the outbreak began with the coronavirus spreading from animals to humans at the so called wet market . this is the seafood wholesale market in wuhan. one of the studies just published in the journal science says genetic information suggests there were two crossover events where animals infected humans in late 2019. a second study also in science shows the earliest known cases in the city were clustered, around that market. i spoke to dr michael worobey, one of the lead authors of that study and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of arizona. he took us through the resea
hand picked as the u.s. ambassador two years ago and catapulted over more experienced leaders to become the youngest foreign minister of china in 70 years. whatever happened to him, this episode highlights the opassity of the chinese officials that disappear from view with little to any public explanation. some the secrecy is due to the fact that he was close to xi jinping and any investigation into him would reflect poorly on president xi s judgment. but if ching had become the victim of his political rivals, then it is a shame. as the economist notes, ching was clever and surprisingly candid with diplomats. he spent years studying the united states. he was capable of charming foreign dignitaries and diffusing and these are skills that xi jinping should value and not all of shing s
and it s not until i basically got to university and started working in africa that suddenly i saw a whole new reality. how much do you think museums like this are responsible for diffusing racism throughout, for example, belgium? i mean, we realised that most belgian children had their first encounter with africa through a visit of this museum, either when they came with the school or with their parents or with their grandparents. and so for 100 years, that impression was basically one of stereotypes and that africa was good for. ..to provide the nature, but we were superior in providing the culture. and from stereotypes, you have prejudgments, and from prejudgments, you have a certain amount of racism. but so now, last 20 years, our museum has been working, very hard to restoring, to reparation things. when guido started, 95% of belgians thought that colonisation was a good thing. in 2022, the survey was done again and the number dropped to 35%. that s in part due to these changes wi