Banksy is Back + The New Deep Sea Treasure Hunting

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Today, we look at the return of Banksy after a new mural appeared overnight on a building in North London. And we look at why some potato-sized lumps on the seabed could be so valuable. Crowds have gathered in Finsbury Park to see the latest Banksy, a green spray painted tree mural on an empty building. What is its message? And does the artist still have the appeal they once did? Adam speaks with James Peak, the creator of the BBC Radio 4 series, “The Banksy Story.”

Plus, the dispute going on over precious metals found in deepest parts of the ocean. The lumps contain crucial battery minerals including copper and cobalt, but some environmental groups say attempts to collect the materials could damage unique habitats. Adam looks at what’s at stake with oceanographer and co-host of the Radio 4’s “Rare Earth” series, Dr Helen Czerski, and BBC climate editor Justin Rowlatt.

You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Miranda Slade and Teodora Agarici. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, two surprise appearances today.
0:09.0	One of them is the former US President Barack Obama, who randomly appeared in Downing Street today.
0:15.2	We're told it's just a social call because he was in London anyway.
0:18.6	I just wanted to be sociable and see the Prime Minister for half an hour. The other thing that's popped up is a new artwork by Banksy,
0:26.0	which I'm staring at right now. It's on a busy road in North London in Finsbury Park,
0:31.0	and I'm now going to summon all my repressed
0:34.3	radio for reporter skills to describe it to you. So it's a tree that was there
0:38.8	already. It's got no foliage, no leaves. It's been quite savagely cut back.
0:44.7	And behind it though is a wall which is now covered in green paint,
0:48.4	splodges, splashes, some big, long drips and in the left-hand corner is a stencil of a person with one of those
0:58.0	power washing packs so presumably the idea being that they have they've sprayed the wall and it's become a massive kind of
1:03.8	focal point in the area because there's about 30 or 40 people stood in front of it
1:08.7	taking pictures doing some video calls looking at it also there's some artist doing art of the art. So matter. In terms of other news today,
1:20.5	the Rwanda legislation is doing that ping-ponging thing between the
1:23.8	House of Lords and House of Commons so we'll just wait till later in the week when we
1:26.8	can bring you something conclusive on that and and the same with the murmur
1:31.2	is about Ritchie Sunex leadership and whether he could be replaced by the Tories before the election.
1:35.0	That's not actually amounted to anything either, which means there is some space on the podcast to talk about other things like the meaning of this new Banksy, which we will do when I get back to the
1:46.0	newscast studio.
1:48.0	Newscast.
1:49.0	Newscast from the BBC.
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