warm welcome to bbc news. our top stories. the world remembers the victims of the holocaust, 75 years after the liberation of the nazi death camp at auschwitz. in china, a rise in the number of coronavirus outbreaks. . american was acute as say prince andrew has provided zero cooperation to the geoffrey epstein sex trafficking enquiry. the tide in congress is turning against president trump with more republican saying they will vote with democrats to hear from

witnesses in his trial. it is increasingly likely that other republicans will join those increasingly likely that other republicans willjoin those of us who think we should hear from john bolton. hello. 75 years ago a ray of light shone down on the darkest place on earth. the soviet army liberated auschwitz birkenau, the vast complex in muncie occupied poland were over a million prisoners died. on monday, survivors were joined by international leaders in a ceremony to help keep the memory alive in the hope that today, in a world where racism and fascism is on the rise, we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. world leadersjoin world leaders join survivors world leadersjoin survivors here world leaders join survivors here to keep alive the memory of the vic's.

6 million people, mostlyjewish, murdered by the nazis. more than a million of them in this camp. 75 yea rs million of them in this camp. 75 years ago today the soviet army liberated auschwitz and it came to symbolise the horror of the nazi regime. the ceremony today had at its heart the survivors who urged the world to never forget the suffering here. john simpson was watching. each anniversary, there are fewer survivors, yet even after 75 years, there are still thousands of them left. soon after dawn today, igor malitsky, prisoner number 188005, took part in a ceremony at the wall where tens of thousands were shot. nowadays, auschwitz is protected and restored, so the world won't forget the terrible things that happened here. the infamous gateway to auschwitz was covered over with a vast awning,

to protect the guests from the bitter cold of southern poland. royalty, world politicians, though no british ministers among them, religious leaders, but above all, the survivors themselves. many proudly wore the blue and white stripes of the pyjamas which the auschwitz inmates were forced to wear. rows upon rows of seemingly unremarkable elderly people, who are among the last living witnesses of unimaginable cruelty, the worst crime in human history, here, in this great factory of death. translation: in auschwitz-birkenau, i remember naked women driven in trucks from the barracks to the gas chamber. i can hear them screaming. i can hear it in my subconscious when i remember those events. as another speaker noted, nothing was done to stop the slaughter.

translation: maybe i would like to cry, because only with tears i can tell you about this past. i hope you will all try to preserve the memory of this place, and other sites where innocent people died. i hope you will bear this responsibility, so that this terrible thing will never happen again. there were thousands of nazi concentration camps, but auschwitz was by far the worst. 1.3 million people were brought here, and 1.1 million of them died. the plan was to use industrial methods to wipe out the jewish people. understandably, many ex—prisoners are reluctant to come back, among them chaia, who lives in israel. she was sent to auschwitz from hungary at the age of 20 with her parents and sister. now, though, she has

decided she has to show her daughter what it was like. with 70 others, she was jammed into a railway truck like this for three days, with no food or water. her mother and sister survived with her. her father was sent directly to the gas chamber. her father, they took her father. they said, they said that the father was not right side and that's it. they didn't see him any more. tonight, after the gathering at the auschwitz gateway, the guests went out and walked along the railway line where drjosef mengele, the so—called "angel of death", had once decided which of the new arrivals should live or die. they placed candles at the monument.

this terrible death camp was planned to wipe out thejewish people. it failed utterly. john simpson, bbc news, auschwitz. among those who did manage to survive their time at auschwitz was anita who is now 94. she arrived here fearing the worst but she escaped death by saying she was a musician, and in this place of mass murder torture and starvation was signed up to play in the women's orchestra. i went to speak to the woman who came to be known as the cellist of auschwitz at her home in north london. there's a funny picture of me sitting on the floor, with a children's broom and a comb, and i was scraping that thing, and i think my parents must have seen that and said, "i think she wants to play the cello." anita lasker—wallfisch arrived

in auschwitz in 1943, fearing she was destined for the gas chamber. prisoners sit and do the work of shaving your head and tattooing a number on your arm. so this girl asked me, "where do you come from? what did you do before the war?" and like an idiot, i said, "well, i used to play the cello." she said, "fantastic, you will be saved." ourjob was, every morning, to sit at the gate and play marches for all the workers who worked out into the factory, and in the evening, we had to go again, sit outside the camp, play marches again for the people who came back in, and we survived. like we knew very well, as long as they want music, we will exist. the cello saved my life. how on earth did you endure that environment? you lived from one day to the other. "today, i'm alive. tomorrow, probably not. " so, that's what life was — very short.

after the horrors of the war, her love of music dominated her life. she helped found the english chamber orchestra, trying to put the past behind her. what has been the effect on your life afterwards, of being a survivor? well, i think i've never lost my sense of appreciation that i'm alive, and i have a house, and i have enough food. i've never lost being grateful somehow, and appreciate what i've got. but the trauma didn't end. her daughter, maya, says she has been profoundly affected by being the child of a holocaust survivor. without a doubt, i absorbed, unconsciously, all of the trauma that my mother tried so hard to contain. so my parents, my mother,

really could not understand why, if i — and this is absolutely literal — if i wasn't about to be killed, and if i wasn't starving, what was my problem? have you ever been bitter? i'm not bitter. i'm sad that really, nothing seems to have changed. people kill each other as we are speaking now. why? there was the extraordinary anita there. three quarters of a century has passed since this camp was liberated that there remains inevitably an airy and haunting chill to this place. many of the old buildings are still here including those where so many met their death. today's event is possibly the last major gathering of the survivors. last time, five years ago, there we re last time, five years ago, there were 300 who came. this time just

over 200. their message, were 300 who came. this time just over200. their message, in were 300 who came. this time just over 200. their message, in a world where anti—semitism is on the rise, the monstrous crimes committed here must never be forgotten. invasion, authorities have confirmed the first death from the new coronavirus in the chinese capital. the total number of fatalities is 110w the total number of fatalities is now over 100. the bavarian health ministry has confirmed the first german case. almost 3000 people are confirmed ill in china. the eerie sound of a city in lockdown. shouting wu han‘s residents trapped in their homes, shouting encouragement to each other. ok, here we are, day five of the lockdown. bored. khan lambert is stuck here with his gran. nan, hello. hello. she was only meant to be visiting for a short break, and although there is enough food,

her medication is running dangerously low, and there is no help in sight. china's priority is to show it is getting a grip. alongside teams of army medics, the premier was flown into wuhan, urging an all—out national effort to contain the virus. even getting on beijing's subway train has become a surreal experience. workers in full hazmat suit checking every passenger. anybody with a temperature of 37.3 01’ anybody with a temperature of 37.3 or above is instantly isolated. but there are troubling signs. a man films a doctor telling him his mother probably has the virus but there are no testing kits to confirm it. the man tells me that the hospitals that do have the tests have no spare beds. there are so

many cases like ours, he says, wandering the city in search of treatment. and on state tv, the merrill would hand has admitted information was not released on time because he was waiting for higher approval. you don't know how the virus will affect a pregnant woman. this canadian woman and her british husband are also trapped in wuhan. with their new baby due in a month's time, they wa nt new baby due in a month's time, they want more information from the uk government. advice would be great. clear direction about what will happen so that we can make plans. the uk government says it is working ona the uk government says it is working on a plan. amid warnings that this national emergency is likely to become much more serious yet. lets quickly round up more of the main

news. it is not known how many people were on board a crashed aircraft. at eight media account claims to show the footage but we cannot independently verify the footage. president trump is to unveil details of his middle east peace plan at noon on tuesday. palestinian leaders have retracted the part —— rejected the trump opposable is biased towards israel. the british prime minister has insisted he will notjeopardise the uk security relationships as he prepares to announce a decision over whether to allow highway access to the u.k.'s sg whether to allow highway access to the u.k.'s 5g network. in an emergency house of commons debates, leading conservative claimed that they would nestor dragon in the heart of critical uk infrastructure. a prosecutor in the united states

has said that prince andrew has provided zero cooperation to an enquiry into sex trafficking claims against the billionaire financier at geoffrey steen. the duke of york last year said he was willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency. earlier this month, prince andrew made a rare public appearance at this church service near the sandringham estate, a display of support from the queen, it was seen as, for her embattled second son. but on this side of the atlantic today, outside the new york mansion owned by the sex offender jeffrey epstein, the us attorney in charge of the ongoing sex trafficking investigation had stiff words of rebuke for the british royal. the southern district of new york and the fbi have contacted prince andrew's attorneys and requested to interview prince andrew, and to date, prince andrew has provided zero cooperation. epstein took his own life last summer in a new yorkjailhouse while awaiting trial, and in the aftermath of his death,

there was renewed attention on his relationship with prince andrew. in a bbc newsnight interview, prince andrew denied having sex with one of epstein's accusers, and offered to help the us authorities. but if push came to shove, and the legal advice was to do so, then i would be duty—bound to do so. this is the now—famous photo of a woman who said she was made by epstein to have sex with prince andrew, virginia roberts. prince andrew denies ever having met her. also in the background is his friend, ghislaine maxwell. the fbi's probe is thought to be focusing on the british socialite, a long—time associate of epstein's. she's not been accused of any criminal charges, but has in the past vehemently denied any wrongdoing. this strong admonishment is a sign of the mounting frustration here about prince andrew's failure so far to honour his pledge to help the investigation. a question for prosecutors in new york — will they try to compel him to do so?

in london, the issue is being dealt with by the duke of york's legal team. buckingham palace will not be commenting further on this particular matter. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. the former belgian king has admitted he is the father of a former artist born with his affair with a baroness. was forced to give a dna test which was positive. he had been fighting the paternity claim for more than a decade and she is now officially his fourth child. he lost his immunity from legal claims when he advocated in empty 14 because of ill health. american audiences get ready not just for a super bowl but puppy bowl as shelter dogs shine on the field. the shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift—off. there were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. all of them are believed

to have been killed. by the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. they were using the word "revolution". the earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours passed. the new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers and crematoria, and relived the horrifying experiences.

welcome back and go to have you with us on welcome back and go to have you with us on bbc news. one main headline: survivors of the holocaust and world leaders have gathered at the former nazi death camp of auschwitz two 70 for the anniversary of its liberation. president donald trump's lawyers have been outlining in more detail their defence case in the senate impeachment trial. pressure is building on republicans to allow witnesses with reports former national security adviserjohn bolton has directly linked mr trump toa bolton has directly linked mr trump to a plan to freeze aid to ukraine for a political favour. to a plan to freeze aid to ukraine for a politicalfavour. some republicans are supporting democrats and they say he should be heard. i think it is increasingly likely that other republicans willjoin those of us who think we should hearfrom john bolton. and whether there are other witnesses and documents, well, that's another matter, but i thinkjohn bolton's relevance to our decision has become increasingly clear. more from peter bowes. how do you

think this is going to work out? the leaking of the manuscript forjohn bolton's upcoming book has certainly injected new into the democrats' case because as we are hearing, some republicans are at least considering the possibility of agreeing to witnesses. john bolton, of course, will be a key one but that could open the door to subpoenas for other witnesses as well, perhaps evenjoe biden, the former vice president who, of course, is at the centre of all of these allegations that mr trump asked for a favour from the ukraine to get an investigation into joe biden and his son. if there were to be witnesses, and remember it will only take four republicans to agree to that, it could extend this trial quite significantly. and yet, peter, of course these republican senators no, it's not want donald trump once and many of the senators depend on his re—election and many

core voters feel all this is a hoax and a waste of time? that is the dilemma for many the republicans. they know there isn'tjust dilemma for many the republicans. they know there isn't just a presidential election coming up, but some of them are up for re—election as well later this year. they are trying to read not only what donald trump is saying and tweeting and thinking but also to read the minds of their constituents back at home. what would they like them to do in this impeachment trial? it is possible some of those people, that they might have been talking to on they might have been talking to on the one and only day they have had of so faron the one and only day they have had of so far on the sunday, believed they should be airing towards witnesses even though they might be resigned to quitting the president at the end of the day. peter, thank you. the crash site where kobe brya nt‘s you. the crash site where kobe bryant's helicopter you. the crash site where kobe brya nt‘s helicopter hit you. the crash site where kobe bryant's helicopter hit a hillside has been described as devastating. there have been tribute worldwide

for the five—time nba champion and he and his 13 year daughter, gianna, and seven others were killed on sunday and accident investigators gave a brief update. did we recover a black box? there wasn't a black box, and there isn't requirement to have a black box on this, so there was no cvr or fdr. there was an ipad where four flight, essentially a flight plan, whether briefings and the pilot uses that in—flight, we will be looking at other avionics on the aircraft to see what information we can gather and then we will look for other electronics. in northern spain, there have been angry scenes on the streets of barcelona in protest against the leader of the separatist government being stripped of his position as lawmaker. tensions have been growing between the two main pro—independence parties in the region. which preston has this

report. temperatures rising once again in spain's wealthy northeast and these protesters are angry at their leader, quim torra, being stripped of his status as lawmaker and taking their anger to the streets ‘s topic quim torra has been the region's president since may, 2018, leading a coalition of two pro—independence parties together for catalonia and the republican left of catalonia. but he was found guilty of disobedience for failing to remove pro—independence symbols from official buildings. quim torra called on the parliament to ignore the ruling. translation: i trust this parliament and i call on all lawmakers to immediately revert this irregularity, which is illegal. while together for catalonia agreed, the republican left of catalonia refused, saying ignoring the court

would nullify all decisions taken in the parliament. the decision to remove torah angered his supporters. as they gathered outside catalan's parliament, chanting his name. those in favour of catalan independence haven't given up their fight with the spanish central government in madrid. but you have enough fuel to fight that fire, they need to extinguish some problems closer to home first. which preston, bbc news. this weekend will be the 54th super bowl with the kansas city chiefs taking on the san francisco 49ers in miami but before the main event there will be an appetiser involving competitors who are a bit more fairy. tim allman explains. top level athletes and these are not, but sporting glory awaits none the less. this is the puppy bowl, where team rough and team fluff go

head to head and the rules are so easy it seems you can teach a young dog new tricks. it is drag a tutorial or kick it into the end zone, doesn't matter which end zone or chew toy, as long as you are there it counts. like all american sporting events, they end you put on a show for the cameras. the puppy bowl has become almost as grand a tradition as the super bowl... well, almost. we right before the super bowl, so families are gathering with their friends on super bowl sunday, something to have on the background and sit and watch adorable puppies while you get ready to watch the big game. 96 puppies between 12 and 26 weeks are taken from animal shelters across america and around the world and what are they looking for in their dog competitors? she's good at looking pretty. she was wagging her tail and she checked out every dog on the field. we like to stand in the

touchdown area and wait for a pass. each animal taking part is available for adoption. as for who the most valuable party will be, you will have to wait until sunday to find out —— puppy. tim allman, bbc news. a reminder on much less happy things, survivors of the holocaust and world leaders have been gathering at the former nazi death camp auschwitz birkenau to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation by the soviet army. it was a vast camp complex in nazi occupied southern poland where more than 1 million prisoners died under hitler's regime. survivors were joined by international leaders and they made a point where in a well where racism and fascism seems to be on the rise, the hope is we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. those other headlines briefly and in china there's been a rise of the number of coronavirus deaths and the bavarian health ministry have confirmed the first case in germany. that is it for now. thank you so

much for watching. hello there. if you're travelling through the first part of the morning, wintry weather could cause one or two problems. a combination of snow and ice from wintry showers that have been falling over recent hours particularly across the north and west of the uk. your bbc local radio station will keep you up—to—date with travel updates where you are. more of those wintry showers to come through the first part of the day and some more persistent snowfall for some parts of southern and eastern scotland and not only over the highest hills. through the morning showers continue to pass across the south—west of england, giving a covering of snow over some of the highest ground of dartmoor and bodmin moor and also for wales is now mixing in over the hills and mountains. a bit of snow over higher ground in northern ireland and maybe some icy stretches. similar for northern ireland and scotland, through the central belt there could be a covering of snow at quite low levels.

over high ground we could see 10 centimetres of snow or more lying by this stage. yes, could be a little bit tricky out there and some roads. through the day, a mixture of sunshine and showers. most of the winteriness confined to higher ground. eastern areas not seeing as many showers. some sunshine but it will be windy and it will feel cold. the thermometer will read between four and eight. when we factor in the strength of that wind, particularly brisk across southern areas, this is what it is going to be like. it will feel like it is barely above freezing. through the night we will continue to see some showers, especially across northern and western areas. the snow will continue to pile up across higher ground in the north and west of scotland. not as many showers by the end

of the night towards the south and east and your overnight lows between one and four. another rather chilly night. some icy stretches on wednesday morning. for wednesday, this little bump in the isobars here is a ridge of high pressure trying to settle things down. it will be a drier day for many of us but this frontal system brings outbreaks of rain into scotland. the cloud and rain gathering out west. sliding in. some heavy and persistent rain for some of the hills in the west. inland over the mountains some further significant snowfall. further south much of northern ireland and england and wales it should be largely dry with sunshine. a little bit milder by this stage. that continues as we head towards the end of the week. with that we will see some outbreaks of rain at times. that's all from me for now.

latest ten loads for you from bbc news: around 200 survivors of the holocaust have gathered with world leaders at the former auschwitz camp to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation. many told of their experiences and one of their fears of the rise once again of racism and fascism. the number killed by the coronavirus outbreak in china has risen to 106, with more than 4500 cases. the infection has been confirmed in more than a dozen countries and germany is the latest to report a case. authorities are working to repatriate citizens. more senior republicans in congress they they will vote with democrats for witnesses to be heard in president trump's impeachment trial. this in response to leagues in an upcoming book from former national security advisorjohn bolton, who has direct directly linked to the president to a deal with ukraine to discredit a rival.