lives -- heroes countless lives —— heroes who were notjewish. in an age of indifference, they acted, in an age of fear, they showed courage. there memory and example should kindle a new flame of our hearts to do the same in ourtime. we must be prepared to stand as they did. againsta we must be prepared to stand as they did. against a wave of their times. we must be prepared to confront and expose the vile tide of anti—semitism that is fuelling height and violence all across the

world and we must stand together. applause in that same spirit, we must also stand strong against the leading state prepare of anti—semitism. against the one government in the world that denies the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe israel off the map. the world must stand strong against the islamic republic of iran. applause and finally we must have the courage to recognise all the leaders and all the nations that are gathered here,

that today we have the responsibility and the power to ensure that what we remember here today can never happen again. applause mr prime minister, as we honour and remember the 6 million jewish matters of the holocaust, the world can only marvel at the faith and resilience of the jewish people. can only marvel at the faith and resilience of thejewish people. who just three years after walking in the valley of the shadow of death i’ows the valley of the shadow of death rows up from the ashes to reclaim a jewish future and rebuild thejewish state. applause

and i am proud to say as vice president of the united states that the american people have been with you every step of the way since 1948. applause and so we will remain. as president trump declared in his historic visit tojerusalem, the trump declared in his historic visit to jerusalem, the bond trump declared in his historic visit tojerusalem, the bond between our two people's is woven together in the fabric of our hearts and so it shall always be. applause today we remember not simply the liberation of auschwitz, but also the triumph of freedom, the promise fulfilled, a people restored to their rightful place among the nations of the earth. and we remember. we remember the long night

of that past, the survivors in the faces of those we lost. the heroes of those who stood against those evil times. and today we gather, nearly 50 nations strong here in jerusalem to say with one voice, never again. applause through pilgrims, persecutions and expulsions in the ghettos and finally even the death camps, the jewish people clung to an ancient promise that he would never leave you or forsake you and that he would lead this people to inherit the land, that he swore to your

ancestor, that he would give them. so today as we bear witness to the strength and resilience and the faith of the jewish people, strength and resilience and the faith of thejewish people, so too we bear witness to god's faithfulness to the jewish we bear witness to god's faithfulness to thejewish people. made the memory of the martyrs be enshrined for all time. young may god bless thejewish people, the state of israel, the united states and all the nations gathered. and may he who creates peace in the heavens create peace for us and for all the world. 0h,...

applause studio: you are watching bbc world news. we were just hearing the us vice president mike pence speaking of the co nsta nt president mike pence speaking of the constant obligation of memory for all generations, speaking about the need to confront and expose the vile tide of anti—semitism across the world. sitting with me here is world war ii historian helen fry. another very powerful speech talking about obligations today. it is extraordinary. we have got over a0 world leaders here. the impact. their commitment and all through the speeches they are committed to fighting anti—semitism and to be delivering that with those holocaust survivors in the audience must be

very moving for them and reassuring that their legacies and their memories will be remembered. a big theme, remembrance, the other thing thatis theme, remembrance, the other thing that is very strong in mike pence's speech was the fact that we are still grappling with the horror of the holocaust. it is incomprehensible. 75 years on we still do not understand that pure evil. what microbe you're staying with us for a little while and we will be watching the ceremony for you. we have a few minutes now before the next world leader emmanuel macron is due to speak. other news stories that make a big story developing today. the beijing authorities have cancelled new year celebrations this weekend as a precaution as fears about the spread ofa precaution as fears about the spread of a deadly new virus grows. singapore has confirmed its first taste of the virus. two more cities have joined wuhan and being taste of the virus. two more cities havejoined wuhan and being put taste of the virus. two more cities have joined wuhan and being put into

lockdown. huanggang and many millions are 70 kilometres away from wuhan were residents have been told to stay put. the who has said such a massive operation to prevent people living is unprecedented and say it is not something badly. official figures say 25 people died. 600 more have been infected. most of them in wuhan. have been infected. most of them in wu ha n. steve have been infected. most of them in wuhan. steve mcdonald reports. wuhan is an virtual lockdown. in the city of ii is an virtual lockdown. in the city of 11 million people you're not allowed to enter any public space without a mask. all public transport has been closed. the last flights and were already half empty. the final train services all eerily quiet. translation: here, we're at the very epicentre of the virus. maybe it's best not to travel. translation: i'm confident

that our government has the situation well in hand, and that the situation will be quickly brought under control. now, wherever you look, people are wearing masks. they're lining up to buy more masks. some people are cancelling their trips and there is a lot of concern. and what's really made people pay attention to this health problem has been the shutdown of wuhan. the wuhan shutdown has made this emergency suddenly very real for people right across china, triggering memories of the 2002 sars outbreak, which led to more than 600 deaths. neighbouring cities are also stopping train services as well as closing bars and restaurants. these drastic measures have been welcomed by the world health organisation. the sequencing was done quickly, but more importantly, it was shared immediately. and that's why korea, japan, thailand were able to diagnose the new coronavirus quickly. in all chinese cities, medical teams are preparing

for an influx of patients with the coronavirus, which causes pneumonia. staff at this wuhan hospital isolation ward are worried. translation: we are worried about our work here and get even more worried when we see the news every day. i always say to others it's ok as we are well protected. actually, i was just saying that to keep them calm. we are actually afraid and worried. but as long as we are here, our own sense of duty will help us to do the job. translation: we are still all young ourselves, so honestly we feel lost and afraid. our family members are worried too, but as long as we wear the protective clothing, we'll be ok. travellers had already left wuhan before the transport shutdown was in place. with a five—day incubation period, many may have carried the virus to other cities and countries, not knowing they had already been infected.

and inside a metropolis quarantined from the outside world, medical teams are bracing for this emergency to get much worse before it gets any better. a short time ago stephen mcdonnell also sent us this update from beijing on how the crisis is having an impact right across china. right across china this emergency is touching every community, here in beijing the tempo fairs which are normally a central part of chinese new year celebrations and will be very crowded over the coming weekend, called off from here to hong kong, new year's celebrations cancelled, street parades and be like because authorities are worried about the going away of sars. the death toll so far as a percentage is not nearly as bad as sars. but when you consider the raw numbers and people travelling, flights alone, now there are six times as many people flying out of china as they we re people flying out of china as they

were at the time of the sars outbreak in 2002. that is why the world health organization is set to meet again to decide whether or not to declare this global emergency. a doctor at the hospital in wuhan where this all began has been speaking to the bbc and said the virus is now spreading at an alarming rate. the hospitals have been... the story is developing quite fast. a lot more about it on our website including this article, answering reader questions including exactly how the virus spreads and the current advice about travelling to china, which is being updated by many countries hour by hour. let's

bring you some live pictures from jerusalem. we are going to go back to our commemorations very shortly. i want to remind you what we are watching and why we are diverting so much time to this. with me in the studio is the historian helen fry. reviewers were justjoining us, just the gathering, the audience that we keep looking at, it is so astonishing to bring together, so many people who have come together today. it is. over 40 world beaters all committed to remembrance and fighting anti—semitism. all committed to remembrance and fighting anti-semitism. we have heard for example just now from vladimir putin, also mike pence. in normal circumstances to leaders with a lot of politics and tension between them but there has been this common theme that this is notjust something historic. now, and it is a

recognition of suffering on all sides but also at the centre of this very importantly recognising that the holocaust claimed the lives of 6 millionjews, two thirds of european jews were wiped out and it is important to remember the impact of european history and world history and going forwards the commitment today to fighting anti—semitism and who would and could still in the time of holocaust survivors we would be seeing that awful rise of anti—semitism. be seeing that awful rise of anti-semitism. you have been to yad vashem. you are a historian, you know a great deal about world war ii and the holocaust and the persecution of the european jury, but this must have been an extraordinarily emotional moment to go there. i wonder how much impact this would have, because someone who

walks through those areas and you see those images, it doesn't take away from the impact and it doesn't matter how much you know about the holocaust, the impact desire and i came out very numb, completely numb, couldn't speak and wanted to just find space to get my thoughts together and i walked into another remembrance area, turned the corner and saw thousands of children's shoes and that did it for me, but was the moment where the emotion took over. and that is why it is so important to hear from so took over. and that is why it is so important to hearfrom so many took over. and that is why it is so important to hear from so many world leaders in this place today. the latest speaker emmanuel macron. translation: esteemed heads of states and governments, your majesties, chairman and president of the world holocaust forum, rabbis,

holocaust survivors, distinguished guests one at all, words can be perceived as something negligent but to see you all here, convened, ready, says so much. can one have even imagined this happening nowadays? to be so united in remembrance, in order to remember and revive and bring back those memories to life, and i am so moved to mention those holocaust survivors' presence here and the daughters and the sons of those who we re daughters and the sons of those who were expelled, those who passed on their testimony and those who have kindled the torch of eternity, you

are those who have proven until this very day, humanity. 75 years ago, nearly today exactly, on the 27th of january, i9a5, the brave soldiers of the red army went through the gates of auschwitz in poland, the occupied poland by nazi germany. each and every one of you in turn described that moment of that astonishment, the shock that the entire mankind sensed and felt. but there were no celebrations or cries ofjoy heard, even anger, when they saw what they saw, but just tears even anger, when they saw what they saw, butjust tears of even anger, when they saw what they saw, but just tears of shock and

silence. the people of europe were exhausted after the war. it wasn't even an event for the survivors, those who remained. for them, it was some kind of relief because the worst of everything possible had already happened and i will relate to that because so many children would not find their parents and pa rents would would not find their parents and parents would not find their children ever again because what they had experienced was something that one could not describe in words and for so many then, it was something that couldn't even be heard or to name it, something that one could not even imagine and despite that, some of the survivors ove rca m e despite that, some of the survivors overcame that desire to forget by their desire to tell their story,

their desire to tell their story, the story of the child who in one little shelter asked his mother in hiding quietly, can i now cry? and that beggar who in that wagon started singing so that his soul would be conveyed to another and that little child who whispered to the grandparent and said, don't fear dying, it's not so beautiful here. after all, she was only seven. and all of these are words of truth. they indeed happened and, yes, we can they indeed happened and, yes, we ca n c0 nvey they indeed happened and, yes, we can convey these words, gestures and

their last breath in order to do so... their last breath in order to do so... given that response when he said, brethren, write it all down so we'll be able to tell it for the sake of posterity, for the future generations, we have to continue the work of those who in the darkness actually documented it and inaugurated that centre so despite that dismal darkness, they collected and documented testimonies and reconstructed the documents and created an archive of thejewish victims and they were fulfilling their role while they were also trying to remain alive after those dismal times and the not see, in order to forget everything, you need

such power. —— dismal times and the nazis. what power they had to find those names and perpetrators and murderers. all these struggles and all these fights and all these combatants, i would like to think about today. they were people who remembered. in france as well, there we re remembered. in france as well, there were horrific things as well, in my country and in other countries, we raise our eyes tojerusalem where there were such horrific stories, but we needed a name, an institution that would award them a name and it was yad vashem who immediately stood the test and did so, the victims of terrorism and the holocaust, those who suffered in those atrocities and

those who remained and survived. after all, this is notjust history, but one can just read it this way or another. no, there wasjustice but one can just read it this way or another. no, there was justice and there was history with proof and evidence and there was life of our nations, of our states. evidence and there was life of our nations, of ourstates. let nations, of our states. let us not confuse between these things so we will not be engulfed once again into dismal and dire times. we must remember those names, but not in order, to hate in our times, because those commit us to remember and to continue the dialogue and adhere to that end the friendship, not hatred. what better, better symbol is there

than to see all of us here today, united, acting in that struggle, combating, forgetting denial or words of revenge and act —— acts of revenge. ifind words of revenge and act —— acts of revenge. i find myself words of revenge and act —— acts of revenge. ifind myself amongst words of revenge and act —— acts of revenge. i find myself amongst the german republic, the president sitting here, to be beside him and so sitting here, to be beside him and so many others and to hear you talking from here, it is incumbent upon europe to remain united and to never ever forget and not to find oneself in a state of controversy. that is a lesson also to be learned. and the international community, it

is incumbent upon them also to never forget anything of the barbarism and the exclusion and shunning of the international law that was committed to protect them and then was trampled upon by their henchmen —— the henchmen of the nazis. president putin, those five established members of the united states, they carried out historic responsibility andi carried out historic responsibility and i share with you 75 years on to reunite and meet once again and i sincerely hope we will succeed in doing so, after all, we are witnesses to that history and since the end of the second world war, we are those who must promise world order that leans upon laws and the dignity of mankind and maintaining

their rights. that is something that we are committed to. we must have the unity of the international community and europe because, after all, anti—semitism has once again returned and together with anti—semitism, that entourage of intolerance and xenophobia has also risen its ugly head. i'm saying this unequivocally — anti—semitism is not only a problem of thejews, no, it is first and foremost a problem of the others. because every single time in our history anti—semitism pre—emanated weakness of democracy.

it is anti—semitism that led the incapability it is anti—semitism that led the inca pability of accepting it is anti—semitism that led the incapability of accepting the other. it was always the very first expression of the exclusion of others. every time anti—semitism appeared, racism also flourished and all that was chaotic and no one could become a victor in all of that. yes, we have convened today because with this new anti—semitism, we should never give up we should continue fighting. each and every one of us in our own countries through laws text, statements and through laws text, statements and through vigilance, we must maintain those in that order on the virtual world because that vitriol is heard

there and we have to be understanding that that is what is happening and we should be vigilant about it and stop it. we must believe that nowadays we should let our children who are trapped in the same hatred and discourse we thought was behind us but no, here, our presence in yad vashem, that in itself and the presence of our youth here at yad vashem, that in itself embeds within it a revival of those because after all we have just seen, the revival of such horrible things, we must ensure that hatred and racism is poison that has such a

toxic effect and those who believe in itand toxic effect and those who believe in it and those who are with it, they become accomplices. i truly believe that education is our antidote. yes, that will protect us against anti—semitism. one of the greatest french authors condemned those people who sort of became indifferent. those people who simply enabled things to happen and stood by in silence, but we will not allow that to happen because we will promise remembrance and we promise to ta ke promise remembrance and we promise to take steps, remember and do not forget. remember do not forget ever, this oath in the heart ofjudaism, the

french republic is cherishing it and engraving and wearing it on its banner and teaching it in schools and writing the names of those children, commemorating their names on ourflags. president children, commemorating their names on our flags. president jacques chirac who said this was unforgivable, the way frenchjews we re unforgivable, the way frenchjews were expelled and we owe so much to those who in the churches and villages of france hid those children and jews and adults, 2a0,000 were saved when 11,000 were expeued 2a0,000 were saved when 11,000 were expelled to the death camps. france knows exactly what they owe to that resilience and what unites. those

who try and give up will find against them are perseverance —— our perseverance. those who survive our heroes and they are now conveying things, passing it forward and on the future generations and our children will also have to become those who will also convey that message, they will become the witnesses of the witnesses and never give that role up because, thanks to what they will learn, they will become those who have the power of knowledge. they know that we do not have the right or the privilege of forgetting and the stories of our victims is a story that is a vibrant, vital one and a crucial one that must be passed on. this will be awe—inspiring to these children because our children will have to protect and defend