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live from london. this is bbc news. warnings of 100mph winds and "danger to life" in northern ireland and parts of scotland as storm eowyn arrives. a judge temporarily blocks president trump's order to end automatic citizenship for babies born in the us, calling it blatantly unconstitutional. we hearfrom one of the youngest suivivors from the nazi concentration camp in poland as the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz approaches. what i want the world to do is to please remember. remember us. and let it be a lesson to the world.
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coming up in business — �*make in america, orface the consequences�* — donald trump talks tough on trade at the world economic forum in davos. hello. i'm tadhg enright. millions are bracing themselves for storm eowyn which is due to hit ireland and the uk in the coming hours. the met office has issued a rare red weather warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belt, which means a danger to life. 4.5 million people were sent an emergency phone alert, advising them to stay at home. many schools and large parts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. as you can see from the map, it's a giant storm where coastal areas could see winds of up to ioomph. an amber weather warning
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is in place for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales with separate yellow warnings for wind and rain covering the rest of the uk. eowyn is also battering ireland which has seen gusts of more than 90mph. let's get the latest from joe inwood. with winds up to 100 miles an hour, there's only so much you can do to prepare for a storm like eowyn. first to feel its force will be the republic of ireland. a red warning is in place for the entire country. here, it's called the storm of the century. please ensure your property, garden furniture, all the loose material is secured. todayis the loose material is secured. today is the time to be a community. today and this afternoon is the time to check on isolated and vulnerable family, friends, and neighbours.- family, friends, and neighbours. family, friends, and nei . hbours. ,., family, friends, and neiuhbours. ., neighbours. next in the path of e0 n neighbours. next in the path of eowyn will— neighbours. next in the path of eowyn will be — neighbours. next in the path of eowyn will be northern - neighbours. next in the path ofi eowyn will be northern ireland. where alerts have already sounded on people's phones. all schools will be closed. the
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first time this has happened since 2017.— since 2017. it's always difficult. _ since 2017. it's always difficult, | _ since 2017. it's always difficult, i suppose, i since 2017. it's always | difficult, i suppose, to since 2017. it's always - difficult, i suppose, to make a decision to close a school. i can understand the department and the education authority making the decision. albeit, quite late on. i suppose the health and welfare, the safety of children is vitally important.- of children is vitally imortant. a . , important. as it crosses the irish sea. — important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts _ important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up - important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up to - important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up to 1 - important. as it crosses the irish sea, gusts up to 1 pun | irish sea, gusts up to1 pun miles an hourare irish sea, gusts up to1 pun miles an hour are predicted before it hits scotland. for there's a red warning in place for parts of the central belt. it's been decided it's too dangerous for any trains to run. , , ., ., ., ., run. this is a ma'or weather event, run. this is a ma'or weather event and h run. this is a major weather event, and keeping - run. this is a major weather event, and keeping our- event, and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number one priority. because of that, we've made the difficult decision to withdraw all of our services throughout friday to make sure we keep everyone safe.— friday to make sure we keep everyone safe. much of wales and the north _ everyone safe. much of wales and the north of— everyone safe. much of wales and the north of england - everyone safe. much of wales and the north of england are i and the north of england are under an and the north of england are underan amberwarning. and the north of england are under an amber warning. there, disruption is expected, and the advice is only travel if you
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really have to. from this storm we expect airborne issues, so debris potentially, power outages. 0r potentially, power outages. or so our advice would be to plan journeys if you're making those journeys, think about what you're doing in any circumstances. and keep safe. almost the whole of the uk is set to be under a yellow warning for high winds. yesterday in cornwall, there were even reports of a tornado. it wasn't caused by storm eowyn, but was a remind of our increasingly unpredictable weather. let's bring you some of the latest live pictures. this is ballyholme in northern ireland. people have been told to stay at home. the police service of
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northern ireland describing the storm as an exceptional weather event, expecting the strongest winds in the region since 1988. it's expected to hit scotland at 10:00 local time. this is the picture in la are, gs —— in largs, to the west of glasgow. schools and public transport have been shut down for the day. i can tell you on the west coast of ireland, where storm eowyn is due to hit, or is already hitting, winds up to 108 miles per hour have been recorded on the coast of county galway. for context,000 record high wind for the entirety of ireland is 113 miles an hour. so getting close to breaking records. naturally, we'll bring you more updates on storm eowyn as they come to us. to the united states now and what could become a major clash between the white
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house and the courts. within hours of taking office, president trump signed a series of executive orders including one that would bring to an end to birthright citizenship, which means that anyone born in the us is automatically a citizen including the children of undocumented migrants. but a federaljudge in seattle has blocked the move, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" and barred the trump administration from implementing the order for two weeks. this was donald trump's reaction. mr president, a usjudge temporarily blocked the birthright citizenship order. do you have any reaction? ida. do you have any reaction? no, obviously _ do you have any reaction? no, obviously we'll _ do you have any reaction? iirr, obviously we'll appeal it. there's no surprises with that judge. the amendment in question — the one that has traditionally guaranteed birthright citizenship — is the 14th amendment. adopted after the american
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civil war, the wording goes as follows — all persons born or naturalised in the united states, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states. let's speak to professorjessica levinson — an expert on constitutional law — who teaches at the loyola law school. thank you forjoining us. it's right there in the constitution. do you see any wiggle room, that's — that the trump administration or the supreme court could try to get around on this?— around on this? well, let's be clear that _ around on this? well, let's be clear that any _ around on this? well, let's be clear that any wiggle - around on this? well, let's be clear that any wiggle room - clear that any wiggle room would go against what i view and what i believe the vast majority of legal scholars and judges view as the plain language interpretation of the 14th amendment, which is that if you're born in this country, regardless of the status of your parents, you're a citizen, full stop. as you said, this came to us — this is part of our constitution, after the civil war. after slavery, to
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say to people who were formerly slaves, to say to black americans, you are full citizens in our country. now, is there any wiggle room? i would say not based on the plain language of the constitution, not based on the supreme court's reading, all the way back to the late 1800s, but the trump administration is hoping that maybe different judges, maybe a new supreme court, will look at that second clause you pointed to, and subject to the jurisdiction — and maybe read it differently as previously read.— as previously read. help us understand _ as previously read. help us understand what _ as previously read. help us understand what is - as previously read. help us i understand what is happening as previously read. help us - understand what is happening in the weeks ahead. this federal judge has blocked it. but only for two weeks. why only two weeks? and what else can be done, or could be, done, to stop it? done, or could be, done, to step it?— done, or could be, done, to sto- it? ., .,, �* , stop it? the order wasn't set to to stop it? the order wasn't set to go into — stop it? the order wasn't set to go into effect. _ stop it? the order wasn't set to go into effect. the - to go into effect. the temporary block is to say to states, don't worry, don't ramp up states, don't worry, don't ramp up rightaway. but this is 1a days to allow the parties to
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submit something called an additional briefing. even though thejudge said additional briefing. even though the judge said this looks "blata ntly unconstitutional", thejudge said you can submit additional briefing, thejudge will said you can submit additional briefing, the judge will have another hearing. i don't expect the additional briefing will change thejudge's mind. at that point thejudge change thejudge's mind. at that point the judge will decide whether or not to implement another nationwide injunction which means, put a halt to the implementation of this law, of this executive order. it's also worth noting there's other cases similarly challenging the executive order that are working their way through the american federal system right now.— through the american federal system right now. anyone who follows us _ system right now. anyone who follows us politics _ system right now. anyone who follows us politics closely - follows us politics closely knows that donald trump managed to appoint a lot ofjudges to the supreme court who are sympathetic to his views, his perspective on politics. could they help him get this over the line? have they indeed been able to show themselves willing to stand up to things which are unconstitutional? 50. to stand up to things which are unconstitutional?— unconstitutional? so, as you mentioned. _ unconstitutional? so, as you mentioned, president - unconstitutional? so, as youj
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mentioned, president trump appointed one third of the supreme court, three of the ninejustices. and supreme court, three of the nine justices. and what i would say is — he's certainly i think hoping that they might read the constitution differently again than the supreme court has for over a century. but i think if you look at these justices and the fact that they espouse something called originalism, looking at what the words of the constitutional meant when they were written, i still think it's an upward battle to have any court, including the supreme court, say that this executive order is constitutional. because of course in our system, everything has to adhere to the constitution. you cannot implement an executive order that would undermine the constitution. you need to amend the constitution.— the constitution. after the last election, _ the constitution. after the last election, donald - the constitution. after the i last election, donald trump the constitution. after the - last election, donald trump has a level of power, the republicans have a level of power, that hasn't been seen for a long time. so what would it take, or could they, amend the constitution?— the constitution? certainly the constitution? certainly they could _ the constitution? certainly
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they could try. _ the constitution? certainly they could try. there's - the constitution? certainly. they could try. there's been some discussion of trying to end birthright citizenship via legislation. but again we have the same problem that legislation also has to adhere to the constitution. to have a constitutional amendment, it's quite hard in this country. we've only had a little more than two dozen amendments ever in our nation's history. what you need is a super majority of both houses of congress and then three quarters of the states to say yes, we want to change the constitution. and even though obviously republicans control the white house, the senate, and congress, i'm not sure there's a super majority of both houses of congress and the states that would want to make this change. 0k. thank you very much for join us. donald trump has signed an executive order declassifying files on the assassinations of presidentjohn f kennedy, his brother bobby kennedy and the civil rights leader martin luther king.
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uncertainty still surrounds the shooting ofjfk in dallas in 1963 with suggestions of cuban involvement. martin luther king's family have alleged that his killing was a us government conspiracy after the man convicted of murder denied carrying it out. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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the un has decscribed the need for aid in gaza as staggering, as most palestinians returning to their homes following sunday's ceasefire have found them destroyed. health authorities in gaza estimate that 10,000 people are unaccounted for. without heavy lifting equipment, gazans are forced to dig through rubble by hand looking for what remains of the missing. fergal keane reports from jerusalem. the missing are here
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somewhere — at least 10,000. for the most part, the searchers have no heavy lifting equipment. by hand, they recover the rags and fragments of broken humanity. translation: i swear, it is a painful feeling. i i cried. we are humans with feeling. seeing people torn, i can't convey to you how miserable the tragedy is. remains are taken to hospitals where families can come and check. this is the courtyard of the european hospital in south gaza. clothes and bones thought to be those of 19—year—old abdul salam, awaiting the arrival of his brother to confirm.
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"his family still doesn't know where he is," says zaki shuqba, the boy's uncle. "they still don't know until they can confirm it." his brother, mohammed, arrives and sifts through the clothes. in this way, the death of abdul salam was confirmed to his family. the jewellery of a dead teenage girl, her earring worn by her younger sister in her memory. aya al—dabeh was a cherished child. aya was shot dead, aged 13, herfamily says, by an israeli sniper. the family had to flee the school where they were sheltering near gaza city,
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leaving behind aya's grave. mum lina has now seen photographs of what happened to the grave after they left, when dogs came upon it. after 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. rana abudakar keeps searching to give a name to the anonymous rags and bones — an essential gesture in the face of war�*s cruelty. fergal keane, bbc news, jerusalem. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. 0pened by the nazis in occupied poland in 19110 as a concentration and labour camp, it ulimately became the most notorious extermination camp.
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more than a million people were murdered there, the majority of them jews. the 27th january also marks holocaust memorial day to remember the six million jews killed during the second world war. lucy hockings has been speaking to tova friedman — an american author and therapist, and one of the youngest auschwitz survivors. tova survived the german extermination camp at the age ofjust 6 years old. originally from poland, she moved to the us with her parents. lucy started by asking tova about her feelings as the 80th anniversary approaches. 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
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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 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
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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, 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
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told me the more you show that they hurt you, the more pleasure they get. it was the mantra in auschwitz. don't show. don't give them the satisfaction. suffer in silence. beatings, hunger, freezing weather, being barefoot — that's a survival skill. don't let them know who you are. eye contact is something that people recognise. don't look into people's eyes. it is an incredible survival skill for such a little girl as well to have learned and being taught by your mother but what about, i understand that there was a trip for you to the gas extermination chamber and it just happens to be that one day that it malfunctioned? we really don't know what happened because we don't have the exact date,
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i remember going there and i remember — i thought to myself why are people unhappy. because i and my whole group, my whole barrack of children, were going to the gas chamber together. we were like, we were in pairs. and when we got there and we were under arrest, — undressed, you know, one of the ways that they dehumanise us, is undress us. people without clothing have much less identity. we had no hair, no clothes, tattooed. and here we stood, waiting for the shower door to open.
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we knew what it was. everybody knew. except they gave us some kind of a small towel and said ok, here are your — make sure you have your clothes when you come out. did we — were we going to come out? i don't know. it's very hard to contemplate your own death but i remember standing there, shivering, very, very hungry and yet, i was waiting for the door to open so we could go in because i thought that's — that's life. that's how it is. we will be marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz over the coming days. on monday 27th january, lucy hockings will be presenting from auschwitz where survivors and world leaders will come together for holocaust memorial day.
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the 0scars nominations are out with the brutalist being one of this year's most nominated films with 10 nods including best film, and best actor for adrien brody. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, has been talking to the cast. postwar america and hungarian immigrant laszlo is trying to rebuild his life through his work as an architect. speaking rather appropriately, surrounded by the brutalist buildings of london's barbican centre, he spoke about how it has a personal resonance. it’s has a personal resonance. it's an opportunity _ has a personal resonance. it�*s an opportunity for me has a personal resonance. it�*s
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