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Six strangers, a treasure hunting yacht, and a snap decision. Why Ron Gertler is taking these backpackers from the Whitsundays to Greece.

Elisavet Chatzivasileiou, who graduated from the Glasgow arts school in July 2021, died alongside 56 others when a passenger service collided with a freight train last month.

Elisavet Chatzivasileiou was one of the victims of a horrific train crash in Greece which took the lives of around 57 people. She graduated from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in July, 2021.

Greece’s prime minister says the earthquake in Turkey and a recent train crash in Greece have helped to de-escalate tensions between the two neighboring countries

Collection at the British Museum is protected by law

The 1963 British Museum Act stops the institution from giving away items in its collection. Rishi Sunak has said he has no intention of changing the law to allow the sculptures to be returned.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out changing a law which prohibits the British Museum handing the Parthenon marbles permanently back to Greece. Sunak said there are no plans to amend the legislation, which states the museum can only dispose of objects within its collection in limited circumstances. However, the…

PM says British Museum collection is funded by taxpayers and protected by law

Greece has been disappointed once again after the Prime Minister refused a law change which would return the Elgin Marbles after they were taken from Athens' Parthenon Temple in the 19th century

Athens has long demanded the return of the Parthenon Sculptures, which were removed from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century.

Demonstrators demand punishment for those responsible for train collision that killed 57 people.