pope francis historic visit to south sudan has ended with an open air mass. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the travel show. coming up on this week s show nigeria s looted treasures and the battle to get them back. they will not have any other choice than to release what belongs to us, because the whole world knows they are stolen properties. we get the low down on europe s sleeper trains. the private companies that are now embracing this new passion for sleeper travel are getting people back onto trains and away from short haul budget flights. and we head to south america and what s officially the most electrifying place on earth. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from the historic university city of cambridge in the uk. now, it s the beginning of term and students are coming back, and like many generations before them, they ll be benefiting from some of the best educational resources in the world. and that includes valuable treasur
saying an improved pay offer could be enough to stop strikes, scheduled for monday and tuesday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for how to heal the nhs. we ve been almost 12 hours in an ambulance. there were people sitting on the floor, people on trolleys everywhere. it was just horrendous. record waits in a&e, trolleys stacked up along busy corridors, ambulance crews forced to queue outside for hours with their patients. it does get tricky when you see a time come on the call and it s hours ago and you are thinking, oh, gosh, what are you going to turn up to? and they are in a bad state. the health service in every corner of the uk has been battling through its worst winter in a generation. we are running two and three times above our capacity continually, and often more than that. we ve had crises in the nhs before, but doctors say nothing like this. this is undoubtedly a crisis, and it s undoubtedly a national scandal. we simply haven t seen the action that was nec
what we don t know, obviously the numbers. we don t know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that it s written says it s an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and they re still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame this, obviously nothing has changed. also, it makes clear that people who are accused, who have been charged with more serious crimes, so that s spying, murder, destruction of state property, won t be pardoned. the issue about that is that many, many activists, many people involved in this say that those people who have been charged with the strongest offences have not had fair trials. they ve been summary trials. so they haven t had a fair look at what their case is anyway. i think this is
ms bulley was last seen nine days ago. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for you, me and the big c. cheering and applause. hello everyone. good evening. welcome to you, me and the big c live. woo. hello. i m proud founder of girlsvscancer lauren mahon. and he is steve bland, who will always be known as steve bland. if you have just started listening, you are so 2018. where have you been? but we have covered a load of topics and you might find them helpful, or a loved one might find them helpful. we ve spoke to all sorts of incredible people you can find it where you get your podcasts. we, tonight, arejoined by actress victoria ekanoye. you may recognise her from gracing the cobbles of coronation street or national favourite the royals. and since her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2021, our wonderful victoria has opened up about her experience and the importance of breast health. and joining victoria, we ve got a man who probably needs no introduction to us, because he