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live from singapore, this is bbc news. a federaljudge has temporarily blocked president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born on american soil. calling it blatantly up constitutional. and president trump threatens new tariffs, while urging allies to boost defence spending in an address to business leaders in davos. hello and welcome to newsday. a federaljudge has temporarily blocked president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born on american soil. the judge in seattle said the order was "blatantly unconstitutional" and barred the administration from implementing it for two weeks.
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the case, brought by four states, is one of several lawsuits challenging mr trump's effort to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented migrants and foreign visitors. 22 states in all are challenging the executive order. the us department ofjustice has responded, saying it: our north america correspondent nomia iqbal says this roadblock was to be expected. this was always going to be a difficult one for president trump to get through. for more than 125 years, nearly anyone born on us soil does get automatic citizenship — and that's regardless of their parent's immigration status. so, we're talking about undocumented migrants, people who are legally in the us but temporarily, such as tourists,
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students, workers. but mr trump says the amendment should be interpreted differently and those who support it say that, basically, it's allowed illegal immigration to flourish. now, one of the lawyers for washington state, that brought forward this lawsuit, said that this block could not be overturned in the end. they were confident that the amendment would stand. but donald trump has said that he would appeal. now, he could take it all the way to the supreme court — as we know, the supreme court has a conservative supermajority, thanks to him, and therefore, donald trump's supporters, those who support his executive order are hopeful that the justices, if they do see the case, could potentially get it through. hundreds of american troops are heading to the southern border with mexico, after president trump signed an executive order closing to frontier to migrants trying to enter the
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closing to frontier to migrants trying to enter the country closing to frontier to migrants trying to enter the country to seek asylum. and an internal government memo suggests the trump administration wants to send up to 10,000 troops in all. meanwhile, on the other side of the border, mexican authorities have begun constructing temporary shelters in the anticipation of mass deportations. but trump's crackdown goes further, it halts all refugee processing and transferring, until "the entry of refugees aligns with the interests of the united states. "it leaves in limbo thousands of refugees that were approved to come to the united states. how will this likely play out?— states. how will this likely -la out? . �*, ., ., play out? that's going to take some time — play out? that's going to take some time to _ play out? that's going to take some time to fully _ play out? that's going to take some time to fully find - play out? that's going to take some time to fully find out. . some time to fully find out. the first real step, that was the federaljudge blocking that. our attorney—general in r
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had a —— arizona was part of that. here in arizona, we're part of it. the attorney—general called it a big win. she essentially lined up big win. she essentially lined up with what the federaljudge said, saying she doesn't understand how it would be seen as constitutional to allow this. , as constitutional to allow this, , , ., as constitutional to allow this. , , ., ., as constitutional to allow this. , , ., this. so this is going to be handled in _ this. so this is going to be handled in the _ this. so this is going to be handled in the courts. - this. so this is going to be| handled in the courts. how this. so this is going to be - handled in the courts. how will this be pushed forward? for now, this be pushed forward? for now. we _ this be pushed forward? for now, we don't _ this be pushed forward? pr?" now, we don't know. there's a temporary halt on it. it's not the typical timed halt we see for 1h days. right now it's just based on what happens next. we do know it will likely end up in the supreme court. that's something that chris mayes herself has said, and it's where it's mayes herself has said, and it's where its expected to go. it's going to take time to fully play out. based on what we heard from democrat lawmakers, it's considered as a bold move from president trump to try to essentially end this. if we talk about immigration at the border as well, we know
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that president trump on the campaign trail was talking very tough about what we wanted to do that. there's been the reaction to him sending troops down to the border in arizona? it feels like we're in a state of limbo. we've got one of the law enforcement leaders, he says right now he hasn't heard anything. he isn't sure where those military units will go. he doesn't know how many we'll get in ourarea. he doesn't know how many we'll get in our area. he does say next week he plans to go to the white house, go to washington, and have that conversation with president trump. right now, we're not really sure. we don't know exactly how it will play out. that's we're told by the local leaders.— out. that's we're told by the local leaders. we're 'ust a few da s local leaders. we're 'ust a few days into * local leaders. we're 'ust a few days into trump's _ local leaders. we're just a few days into trump's second - local leaders. we're just a few| days into trump's second term as president. what has been the reaction to people — from people on the ground, to all this activity he seems to be pushing ahead with?- this activity he seems to be pushing ahead with? yeah, it's - i think created _ pushing ahead with? yeah, it's - i think created a _ pushing ahead with? yeah, it's - i think created a unique - — i think created a unique situation here in arizona in
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some ways. we're seeing democrat lawmakers trying to rein in people who may be more aligned with these decisions and interested to see how they play out. we see democrat lawmakers coming to the table, with republican lawmakers and even some wishes of stretch —— president trump on this. there's an act that causes for migrants accused of theft and violent crimes to be detained, we saw both of arizona's democratic senators support that act. ,, ., , that act. staying with president _ that act. staying with president trump, - that act. staying with president trump, he | that act. staying with - president trump, he told the world economic forum that foreign businesses should make their products in the united states if they want to avoid tariffs. speaking via video link from washington, he took questions from leaders of major banks, investment funds and oil companies, and took a carrot and stick approach. our economics editor has more from davos.
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donald trump's address to the world economic forum was extraordinary. it was a collision of two worlds. one in particular where here, where you have global chief executives, financiers and european leaders and other world leaders. they had hoped that some of the campaign rhetoric, some even of the inauguration rhetoric we heard from the us president, would not have actually made it through to actual policies all the way in which america is going to act on the world stage. and so, we have this curious duality from the trump speech. charm offensive in the most real sense of that phrase, charming. "come to america, set up your factories here with tax "breaks, buy into a booming technological miracle "that will the america be under the golden age "of donald trump" as he sees it. i imagine it would have been fairly seductive to many of the executives — charm offensive. also saying that, "if you did not happen to want to set "up your factories in the us,
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that's your prerogative" but an oddly menacing way, "if you don't to do that, "then be sure that your exports into the us will be tariffed, "and not just lightly". the revenue, he said, raising hundreds of billions of dollars if not trillions and it could only be universal tariff applied to all imports into the us. at different rates, he said, but exactly the sort of policy mentioned in the presidential election campaign which did not come to fruition on day one and had hoped right here would've been parked. jessica chen weiss is professor of china studies atjohns hopkins school of advanced international studies. she was also a recent adviser in the state department on china policy. i asked her what stood out to her most from what trump said at davos.
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he said if companies come to the united states, contribute, invest, buildjobs, they the united states, contribute, invest, build jobs, they can avoid these tariffs. the real question is whether or not the united states will welcome, you know, chinese investment or licencing of chinese renewable energy technologies, particularly batteries, where chinese companies are far out ahead. so that's a real, i think, area to watch. it may notjust be in that sector but others, not everyone in the trump coalition is quite so keen on, but the president has made it quite plain so it's an area to watch. faysal mentioned, there was this belief the rhetoric of trump's campaign trail way not translate to actual policy. was that naive thinking? fin translate to actual policy. was that naive thinking?— that naive thinking? on the campaign _ that naive thinking? on the campaign trail, _ that naive thinking? on the campaign trail, trump - that naive thinking? on the campaign trail, trump said | that naive thinking? on the - campaign trail, trump said many different things, right? he
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said he would save tiktok, here he's try to save tiktok and find some kind of a deal. there was not as much tough on china rhetoric during the campaign as many may have expected, given the so—called bipartisan consensus on china. of course, there was a fair bit of that, but here, again, i think trump himself mentioned the idea that china could come — chinese companies could come and invest in the united states. butjd vance came out against it. and so, i think there's a lot of noise and so we're still seeing how it all shakes out. some mixed signals between different trump officials. what do you think china will be doing as they watch this unfold and they see trump in his second term in the white house? well, i think they very much hope they are, you know, working towards some kind of a deal with trump. but very
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cognisant we could see a replay of the latter half of the first trump administration, where a whole variety of very punitive measures were rolled out. starting with trade, but then escalating across a whole variety of dimensions. i think they're doing a couple of things. they're preparing for — to negotiate — and i think they would be forthcoming and take — make the most of this moment — because i think if they don't i think the relationship could really crater. i think at the same time they're also, you know, looking around the world to continue to invest in their other trading relationships, really, as sort of insurance against us tariffs, further sanctions, and moves towards greater so—called decoupling of the two economies. so i think they're playing a kind of multi—pronged strategy here. trying to maximise the upside
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but also prepare for the worst. the un says the need for aid in gazais the un says the need for aid in gaza is staggering as most palestinians returning to their homes following sunday's ceasefire have found them destroyed. the health authorities in gaza estimate 10,000 people are unaccounted for, without heavy lifting equipment, authorities are forced to dig through rubble by hand, looking for what remains of the missing. the missing are here it, somewhere. at least 10,000. for the most part, the searchers have no heavy lifting equipment. by hand, they recover the ration and fragments of broken humanity. translation:: i humanity. translation:: , ., �*, humanity. translation:: , ., translation:: i swear it's a ainful translation:: i swear it's a painful feeling. _ translation: i swear it's a painfulfeeling. i— translation:: i swear it's a painful feeling. i cried - translation:: i swear it's a painful feeling. i cried we'rel painfulfeeling. i cried we're humans with feeling. seeing people torn, i can't convey to you how miserable the tragedy is. remains are taken to hospitals
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where families can come and check. this is the court yard of the european hospital in south gaza. clothes and bones thought to be those of 19—year—old abdel salaam are waiting the arrival of his brother to confirm. his family don't know where he is, says his uncle. they still don't know until they can confirm it. his brother mohammad arrives and sifts through the clothes. in this way, the death of abdelsalam was confirmed to his family. thejewellery abdelsalam was confirmed to his family. the jewellery of a dead teenage girl. her earring, worn by her younger sister, in her memory. aya was a cherished child.
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aya was shot dead, aged 13, her family says, by an israeli sniper. the family had to flee the school where they were sheltering, leaving behind aya's grave. the mum has seen what happened to the grave after they left, when dogs came upon it. a of the ceasefire, relatives sent pictures of bones and aya's clothes. somewhere in this wilderness of rain and white plastic are the remains of a brother.
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rama keeps searching. to give a name to the anonymous rags and bones, an essential gesture in the face of war�*s cruelty. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.
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you're live with bbc news. on monday the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. opened in polanbd in may of 19110 by the nazis what started out as a concentration camp and labour camp was transformed into the most notorious extermination camp more than a million people murdered there. the majority were jews. the 27th of january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the 6 millionjews killed during the second world war. lucy hockings has been speaking to tova friedman, an american author and therapist and one
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of the youngest auschwitz survivors. tova survived the german extermination camp at the age ofjust six years old. originally from poland, she moved to the us with her parents. lucy started by asking her how she felt about the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz on monday. what i want the world to do is to please remember. remember us and let it be a lesson to the world. what can happen if we are not careful and how we can easily destroy each other if we don't stop this horrible, terrible fury that is around the world right now, so i want the world to remember us and to learn from it. so many of us struggle to remember things from when we were small. how much do you remember
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of your time there? i remember an awful lot because, as i mentioned before, i think my mother would tell me. yes, she said, that smoke. yes, burning bodies. she never covered up anything. and she said yes, those dogs, those german shepherds, they are trained to kill but only if you run, so you are not going to run. you are going to stay very still. she taught me survival skills. that is an incredible gift, those survival skills that your mother gave you, but there were other things that happened in auschwitz that meant you survived when others didn't. can you tell us your story? at one time, i was beaten terribly because i couldn't stand still at roll call. these roll calls were three hours, four hours. i was 5.5, i wasn't even six,
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and i was beaten by this gestapo, a woman in fact. because she didn't like that i was moving around and not standing still. and i remember my mother's eyes said to me hold on. don't cry. and she said something else years or maybe months earlier, don't have eye contact. i remember as this woman was beating me, i did not look at her eyes. i looked at her forehead. i did not make a sound. because my mother had once told me the more you show that they hurt you, the more pleasure they get. 1537 00
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