tens of thousands of displaced palestinians are heading to northern gaza as part of a ceasefire deal involving the return of israeli hostages. these are the live pictures from the gaza strip. donald trump has reversed his plan to impose sanctions and tariffs on colombia, after it agreed to accept deported migrants from the us. rebels in democratic republic of congo say they have taken control of goma in the east. the drc accused rwanda of sending troops across the border. survivors of the holocaust, along with heads of state and royalty are gathering at the site of the nazi concentration camp auschwitz — to mark its 80th anniversary of liberation. and in business, europe's energy conundrum, as ukraine works towards a deal to ship gas from azerbaijan through its network, hungry�*s prime minister calls for the

continued flow of russian gas. hello, and a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin in the middle east — where in the last hour displaced palestinians have begun to return to northern gaza. these are the live pictures from gaza. we have seen long lines of people streaming along the coast road and the towns. some are in vehicles, others carrying their possessions on their back. over the weekend, thousands of palestinians who had hoped to be allowed back home had gathered at the military barrier which had been blocking their route. the israeli authorities had made the return of tens

of thousands of palestinians to the north conditional on the release of an israeli civilian hostage, arbel yehud. she wasn't freed on saturday. for other women soldiers were freed then. four other women soldiers were freed then. hamas says it will now release ms yehud and two other hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday. in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza, after us president donald trump said he'd like to see more than a million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". let's speak to our correspondent, jon donnison, who joins me from jerusalem. we are looking at this morning, where at 7am at local time,

finally, these hordes of palestinians could cross into the north for the first time since the start of the war. yes, we are talking about a very large number of people, well over 500,000 people have been waiting in southern gaza to return to see what is left of their homes in the north, and they are now on the move. they are streaming up that coastal road in their tens of thousands, quite a long walk from central gaza, a lot of them carrying whatever they can on their backs, and in about 50 minutes�* time, the central road that runs up the middle of gaza will allow cars to pass. they will allow cars to pass. they will have to be screened by the israeli military in the corridor before they are allowed to pass north for israel to check that people are not taking weapons, that sort of thing. i would imagine that is going to be an incredibly

long wait for people to the day. but, they are happy, they are at least going north, but many will just are at least going north, but many willjust don't have homes to go to. many will “ust don't have homes to no to. �* , , to go to. and bring us up-to-date _ to go to. and bring us up-to-date on - to go to. and bring us up-to-date on what i to go to. and bring us - up-to-date on what happened to go to. and bring us _ up-to-date on what happened on up—to—date on what happened on the weekend with regards to the exchanges of hostages and prisoners that caused the halt in the movement of palestinians, and what has happened since that enables them to make that move. yes, we had this exchange _ them to make that move. yes, we had this exchange of _ them to make that move. yes, we had this exchange of prisoners - had this exchange of prisoners and hostages on saturday, but there was some dispute. israel was expecting a 28—year—old female civilian hostage, arbel yehud, to be freed on saturday. that didn't happen. we saw the four israeli soldiers come out instead in exchange for 200 palestinian prisoners, so it is real not happy about that, and they have negotiated with hamas over the weekend and got a sort of slightly earlier release for the hostages. normally it happens on saturday. this time,

three will be released on thursday, including arbel yehud, and then a further release on saturday in exchange for a score of palestinian prisoners. arbel yehud was being held by islamichhad, another militant group in gaza, and that is one of the reasons for the delay perhaps, but it was not hamas holding her. for the delay perhaps, that it was not hamas holding her. thank you very much for now. ceremonies are being held in poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp, auschwitz—birkenau. more than a million people, mainlyjews, were murdered there during the second world war. the date has since been designated holocaust memorial day, to mark the more than six—millionjews killed by the nazis, as well as victims of

more recent genocides. among those present at auschwitz will be a number of the now very frail and elderly camp survivors, as well as heads of state and government including king charles. let's speak to our correspondent, will vernon, who joins us from krakow in poland. a really important set of ceremonies going ahead today? yes, a hugely important day, and a sombre day of course as many world leaders, including, as you mention, king charles, joined the commemorations that auschwitz, 80 years to the day since the camp was liberated. king charles will be here in crack of visiting a jewish community centre and meeting holocaust survivors too, they will be making his way to auschwitz, about 65 kilometres

from here to join the main event, which starts at 4pm local time, 3pm in the uk. that is when the main ceremony is taking place. other world figures will be there as well. the french president, emmanuel macron, the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, will be there. not any representatives from russia. of course, it was the soviet troops that liberated auschwitz—birkenau, but due to the ongoing aggression in ukraine, russian representatives have not been invited. there will be about a0 holocaust survivors, almost all of whom are now in their 90s, at the ceremony, so this could be the last major commemoration that they are able to attend. auschwitz was at the very centre of nazi germany's campaign to eradicate the dues of europe —— thejews. a very

solemn day of commemoration as tribute is paid to the more than i tribute is paid to the more thani million people murdered at auschwitz, the vast majority jews, but also remembering all of those who died in the holocaust. figs of those who died in the holocaust.— of those who died in the holocaust. ~ , i. , of those who died in the holocaust. ~ , , ., holocaust. as you say, it is an extremely _ holocaust. as you say, it is an extremely poignant _ holocaust. as you say, it is an extremely poignant day, - holocaust. as you say, it is an extremely poignant day, the l extremely poignant day, the eyes of the world being on these commemorations as they take place, and it is very poignant given what is going on currently in the middle east? that is right. manyjewish groups and groups of holocaust survivors are warning that the world is beginning to forget the holocaust. a recent study that almost half of 18 to 29—year—olds in france, for example, had never heard of the holocaust, or say they think they have never heard of it, and even more shockingly, in

germany, among that age group, 12% of people say they have never heard of the holocaust. there are warnings that there needs to be a boost, more education for holocaust education, and there has also been a very worrying rise of anti—semitic attacks across europe, especially in the wake of the hamas attacks in israel and the ensuing war, of course. a lot of lessons today, as well as a lot of remembrance. imilli as a lot of remembrance. will vernon, thank— as a lot of remembrance. will vernon, thank you _ as a lot of remembrance. will vernon, thank you for - as a lot of remembrance. will vernon, thank you for talking us through the events today. we will be live with those events once to get under way. for the residents of the polish town where auschwitz—birkenau was built, the holocaust casts a long shadow over their history. emma—louise amanshia spoke to one of the longest serving guides at the museum. i remember the stories my grandfather mentioned about the smoke. he said it was impossible to run away from the awful stench of cremated human bodies, human flesh.

he told us that they didn't know how to explain to my father, a small boy, and his brother and sister, what means this awful stench? they asked, "daddy, what means this stench?" how to answer this question for a small child? for more than 30 years, miroslaw 0bstarczyk has worked as a tour guide here at auschwitz—birkenau state museum. he is a historian by trade, with a special interest in 15th and 16th century english history. but growing up next to the nazis' deadliest concentration camp drew him to a history much closer to home. i am from here, from the town of 0swiecim, a town which has a long history, nearly 900 years old written history, but of course, now the town lives in the shadow of this history. i remember the first — my contact with birkenau, the gate, you know, from 200m away, main gate, barracks, you know, electric, barbed wire.

i remember i asked my father what it means, what happened here? he didn't want to tell me. he said it would be older, we would come here. miroslaw says his grandfather often saw the prisoners of auschwitz, some of whom were forced to work in local factories as slave labour. they tried to help, you know, to give them something to eat when they were passing by. it wasn't easy because they were guarded. it was absolutely forbidden to help prisoners. i think prisoners was punished by death, of course. why is it important that this place exists as a museum? because it was a site of the biggest tragedy in the history of mankind. this is the problem of mankind is that we don't want to learn from our history. and maybe this is a place where we should learn. because they are about all of us. all of us. emma—louise amanshia, bbc news, auschwitz—birkenau. and a reminder we will have special coverage throughout the day

of the ceremonies to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. my colleague lucy hockings will be talking to some of the survivors. of course, we will be watching those ceremonies as they take place. do stay with us here on bbc news for that. the un security council has condemned what it called the unauthorised presence of external forces in the east of the democratic republic of congo. at the council meeting in new york, the united states, france and britain said rwandan troops had supported the rapid advance of m23 rebel forces into the centre of goma. the rebels say they now control the city, and have urged its over one million inhabitants to remain calm. after several hours of gunfire on sunday night, the streets were reported quiet on monday with no reports of serious bloodshed. let's speak to our africa correspondent barbara plett usher, who is following the events from nairobi.

what more can you tell us about what has been happening in the last 2a hours? what has been happening in the last 24 hours?— last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been _ last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been advancing _ last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been advancing on - last 24 hours? sally, the m23 has been advancing on goba i last 24 hours? sally, the m23 - has been advancing on goba amid intense fighting in the last couple of days, and in the past 2a hours, the rebel group says it has taken control of the city. it says that it is currently at the city's stadium, registering weapons from surrendering congolese soldiers who they have issued an ultimatum to disarm by a certain time. at this point, it says it is doing that, and has posted photographs to back up what it is saying. we also have a report, or a notice separately, from the uruguay contingent of the un peacekeeping force saying that some congolese soldiers have surrendered. at the same time, the congolese government has issued a statement denying the m23 controls the city, saying

the congolese government is still in control of the main points, and seeing the m23 is on the outskirts, so we don't have confirmation over who is in control, but the m23 is very much in the area, and as we have been reporting, the big concern, the most immediate concern, the most immediate concern is the fate of civilians, because there are about a million people living in the city, but nearly that same number of people who have been displaced by the war in eastern congo who are living in very big camps around goma and have been on the move since the m23 started to advance, so we have, as you have said, not heard any reports of major watch out, and that is something that is of great concern to the authorities that are watching.— concern to the authorities that are watching. canyon is saying the are are watching. canyon is saying they are trying _ are watching. canyon is saying they are trying to _ are watching. canyon is saying they are trying to broker - are watching. canyon is saying they are trying to broker some kind of peace in this scenario, that the presidents of rwanda and congo will meet in the next few days. —— kenya is saying.

what is the hope that the two could come to sign kind of agreement about what is happening there? they had failed to come _ happening there? they had failed to come to _ happening there? they had failed to come to some - happening there? they had | failed to come to some kind happening there? they had i failed to come to some kind of agreement in december when they were quite close to reaching one in a process that was mediated by angola. that broke down because the rwandans withdrew, saying they couldn't continue because the congolese government refused to negotiate directly with the m23. the congolese government is convinced that rwanda is really behind all of this, that rwanda backs the m23. contrast that has accused it of sending forces across the border to help the m23, something which rwanda has denied. the un secretary—general has called on rwanda to withdraw its forces, and the security council did not name rwanda, but said its forces should pull back. a un report basically said there was a 3000 to a000 rwandan soldiers

in the congo, one of the reasons they were supporting m23 was they were helping to get minerals from congo which they then re—exported. the rwandan say none of that is true, and place it in the context of the 199a genocide, and the houthis to escaped rwanda have been in congo since then. 1539 00:16:32,205 --> 00:16:3