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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...

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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...

You know, tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me, my illness won today. Look after each other, the animals and the global poor for me. All my love, tommy. So he didnt have anything in there about take some time off. And why usa usa . Usa why is america such an extraordinary country . We are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity or one ideology or one religion. We are unified by one constitution and one rule of law and in the values under our constitution. [applause] it...

good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. its monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkeys president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the countrys most important election in yea...

hello, again, everyone. this is "cnn newsroom" sunday. im frederica whitfield. we begin with the fallout from that toxic train derailment in ohio. residents of east palestine frustrated, angry and demanding answers after being exposed to highly dangerous levels of vinyl chloride. the epa halting millions of gallons of contaminated waste shipments to michigan and texas as the agency reviews disposal plans. federal teams are on the ground and theyre checking in on east palestine resident...

mights ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. >> im standing right in front of the grizzly giant and weve got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. >> im pamela brown in washington. youre live in the cnn "newsroom." we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special tr...

gun legislation in three decades, just a week after a gunman killed seven people in highland park. >> this legislation is real progress, but more has to be done. those families in highland park, on july 4th a parade became a killing field. >> the white house being urged to do more on guns as democrats are also calling for more federal action on abortion rights. >> yeah, theres more that needs to be done. and i know the president knows that. >> president biden is facing challenging poli...