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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 so...

of the job or the artwork. whenever tourists come to nigeria, they want to visit this place, through the buyer and the commission works. whilst the technique has remained the same, most are working off printed images with little access to their ancestors�* original works. we have few ones that is still left, which is in ourfamily house this year, and we still have them in catalogues. yes, there are a few, not much. we don't have much access to it because much of them is stolen. ifeel bad and i'm not too happy because this is our treasure. it's what our forefathers laboured to do. i...

beijing has accused the us of an over—reaction. the former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, has died in hospital at the age of 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and served as president for seven years from 2001. you are watching bbc news. those of the main story so far tonight. i'll be back with an explosive and at nine o'clock. don't worry, i know you will be watching happy valley! 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 th...

sculptures honour various historical and culturalfigures. but how should society commemorate controversial people from the past? barbara chase—riboud, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. we're sitting here at a major exhibition of your work called infinite folds, and you started your artistic training at the age of seven. how on earth did you know at that early age that you wanted to become an artist? i didn't know i wanted to be an artist. it was my mother and my grandmother who decided that i was going to have something to do with the arts. they weren't quite sure what. you were 16 a...

controversial people from the past? barbara chase—riboud, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. we're sitting here at a major exhibition of your work called infinite folds, and you started your artistic training at the age of seven. how on earth did you know at that early age that you wanted to become an artist? i didn't know i wanted to be an artist. it was my mother and my grandmother who decided that i was going to have something to do with the arts. they weren't quite sure what. you were 16 and you were the youngest person to ever have a work acquired by moma, the museum of modern ar...