survivors of the holocaust gather at auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation. china's ai model has become the top rated free app in the us. will it challenge america's dominance in the market? tens of thousand of displaced palestinians have begun returning to their homes in northern gaza as part of a ceasefire deal involving the return of israeli hostages. storm herminia has been continuing to week damage bringing flooding and landslides to the south—west of england. tens of thousands of displaced palestinians are returning to

their homes in the north of the territory. these are the live pictures from gaza. we have seen long lines of people walking along the coast road; there are a few vehicles, but many appear to be carrying their possessions on their back. some have told reporters that they do not know if their homes are still standing. the movement of people was due to start over the weekend under the ceasefire deal — but it was delayed, after israel accused hamas of not releasing an israeli civilian hostage. this is the hostages — arbel yehud. she wasn't freed on saturday when four women soldiers were. 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 ta ke let's take you to auschwitz and my colleague lucy hawking. we

are going to take you to polish president do the speaking outside the death while outside block 11 here. translation: ., , ., translation: people who were here and murdered _ translation: people who were here and murdered at _ translation: people who were here and murdered at this - here and murdered at this place. but this is also a day which 20 years ago in 2005 was declared by the united nations organisation as the international holocaust remembrance day. because as we know very well, concentration camps and especially extermination camps such as auschwitz—birkenau and especially where belts in order to implement the extermination of the jewish nation. to implement the extermination of thejewish nation. that to implement the extermination of the jewish nation. that was the criminal plan of nazi germany in world war ii. hence

today we commemorate among all those who were murdered during the holocaust. also more than 3 million polish citizens of jewish nationality who were killed by the germans. today, delegations from all over the world in order to participate in the commemorations. 0n the soil which was occupied by nazi germans. 0n the soil, germans created this death industry and this extermination camp. we are the guardians of memory today. in a sense, in a painful sense one could say that we continue

that extraordinary mission that was taken upon himself by the captain who let himself be imprisoned in this camp in order to give the testimony, in order to give the testimony, in order to give the testimony, in order to be able to create that resistance movement and also be able to... escape from this place, being living evidence of what is happening here to bring the testimony to the western allies. in order to testify what was happening on the occupied lines, what was done by nazi germans. and in a sense, as the areas of the

captain are guardians. polling takes care of those in order to preserve the memory. so people always remember and so that through this memory, the world never again let's such dramatic human catastrophe happened. to be more precise, a catastrophe of humanity, because representatives of one nation were able to cause such horrible unimaginable pain and harm upon other nations and especially upon thejewish nation. it is something unprecedented in human history and among others we cherish this memory in order to never let it happen again. today we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation

of this concentration camp and this extermination camp. 0n the 27th of january 19115. today, this extermination camp. 0n the 27th ofjanuary 19115. today, we are also seeing the last survivors coming to this site. just a few months ago i had the honour to accompany the survivors in laying flowers and lighting candles. at the wall of death here at auschwitz. ladies and gentlemen, i thank all of you for coming and i thank all of those who today are arriving and will arrive here in auschwitz. to this museum which is a dreadful testimony of the extermination conducted by nazi germans

against nations and especially the jewish nation against nations and especially thejewish nation in world war ii. navy memory of all the murdered live on, maybe memory of all the dead live on. may the memory of all those suffering live on. maybe rest in peace. studio: president do the speaking outside beautiful here at auschwitz. we saw him walk by with survivors and others attending not long ago where he later candle. the most poignant thing is that polish people feel they are the guardians of memory and he paid tribute they are to the 1.1 million people, most of them jews murdered here at auschwitz. the site here is

where the largest mass execution of human beings ever recorded took place. he wanted to emphasise today that they are honoured to honour that memory today. we will stay with it here today through bbc news. there will be a special on bbc news channel this afternoon live with kings and queen's, royalty across europe. the focus will be on the survivors. the 50 people in their 80s and 90s who have travelled here who will be of course present and the focus rather than the dignitaries, that is the message we are hearing. we will bring it to your life.

we return to gaza as palestinians try to reach their homes in the north of the territory. the movement was due to start over the weekend but was delayed after israel accused hamas of not releasing an israeli civilian hostage. she was not freed on saturday when four soldiers were. hamas says it will release her and two other hostages on thursday followed by three more on saturday. egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza after us president donald trump said he would like to see more than i would like to see more than 1 million of gaza's residents taken in by other countries. he suggested it be cleaned out. i spoke earlier to our correspondant jon donnison injerusalem, as displaced palestinians were

returning to northern gaza. we're talking about a lot of people, well over half a million gazans are thought to be displaced in the south and will now try to return to their homes if they've still got one left. the united nations at the end of last year estimated that more than 60% of all buildings in gaza had been destroyed or damaged. but you're right, they're on the move in large numbers up that coastal road. and then just in the last few minutes, the central road heading up through gaza will allow cars and vehicles to pass. they will have to be screened by the idf and i could imagine people are going to be waiting a very, very long time, but at least they are able to return home if they've still got a home. and tell us about those remarks from president trump and the reaction that there's been to them. well, there's been absolute outrage from palestinians in gaza. they say gaza is their home and they have absolutely no intention of leaving,

even though it is in a state of ruins at the moment. egypt has also rejected the proposal. it says it is not prepared to take in palestinians from gaza. jordan has done the same. the only people who have welcomed the comments from donald trump are far—right israeli ministers, some of them from the parties that represent settlers in israel, and they have long suggested that gazans should emigrate to allowjewish settlements to be re—established in gaza. but, certainly amongst palestinians, the idea that donald trump has floated — and let's face it, he does float quite a few things that never actually come to fruition — it has gone down extremely badly with palestinians and is seen really as a non—starter. and jon, as we continue to watch those pictures of the crowds trying to head home, this is all part of the hostage release deal.

so explain to us what the latest is on that. right, well, at the weekend we had a bit of wrangling between israel and hamas. israel said it was expecting a young woman, civilian, arbel yahud, to be freed last saturday. that didn't happen. we had four israeli soldiers coming out instead. so israel has insisted that arbel yahud, who i think now is 29, she was 28 when she was captured, she's actually a german—israeli citizen, she will now come out on thursday along with two other hostages. and then on saturday we will have we will have a further three hostages. so six in total this week exchanged for scores of palestinian prisoners. what about the kind of robustness of this ceasefire agreement? how robust would you say it is at this stage? well, its holding at the moment, isn't it? but it's a fragile one. and each time we have these exchanges, and one is going to happen every week for the remaining five weeks, and, you know, there's wrangling, there's negotiation. it's very, very complex. there's also the issue of, you know, what happens next?

so this is just phase one of the ceasefire deal. it's due to last six weeks with just over a week into it. after that, the negotiations have got to start, and they're going to start in about a week's time for phase two. phase two is much more challenging because that is not only going to be about the release of the remaining hostages — some dead, some alive — in gaza, and the exchange of more high profile prisoners held in israeli jails, it's also meant to bring a complete end to the war and a full withdrawal of israeli troops from gaza. and i think that is what's going to be challenging. jon, just briefly, how would you say the humanitarian situation has improved at all in the last couple of weeks? well, it's improved, but from a very, very low base. so before the ceasefire it was about 50 trucks of aid getting into gaza every day. from the ceasefire, the intention was to try and get 600 trucks a day into gaza, and certainly more aid has been getting in, but it is desperately needed, and the aid agencies are saying the main priority is shelter. you know, because a lot of these people are returning

home, they've got no nowhere to live, so they're still going to be living in tents, temporary shelterfor some time, iwould imagine. stay with us here on bbc news. as ukraine looks at whether to allow fresh flows of natural gas into europe. long—standing

arrangements to type russian gas came to an end. poland's president said they should never be restored. translation: the question of extending the sanctions i is now on the agenda. i pulled the handbrake and asked european leaders to understand this can't be continued. we asked the eu to tell the ukrainians to restore the gas transit. what's closed has to be reopened. it's not a matter for ukraine. it's an issue for europe, for central europe. and if the ukrainians want help — for example, sanctioning the russians — then let's reopen the gas transit routes and allow the central european countries, including hungary, to receive the gas we need through ukraine. meanwhile, on saturday, ukraine's president zelensky said his country was prepared

to transit gas from azerbaijan to europe. he has offered that as a solution to countries such as hungary and other landlocked countries such as slovakia. it's an issue that's exercising governments across europe — and the subject tops the agenda of eu foreign ministers who meet today in brussels to discuss gas transit through ukraine. now let's focus on al, because there's a new player on the block which is causing shockwaves throughout the industry. chinese startup deepseek has overtaken chatgpt to become the top—rated free app available on apple's app store in the us. the news has sent nadsaq futures tumbling, with deepseek claiming its ai model is cheaper than its amercian rivals. 0ur asia business correspondent

suranjana tewari has more. asia actually up on the buzz around deep sea after it soared to the top spot on apple's app store. now, deep seek, as you mentioned, is a chinese company. and last week it rolled out a free assistant, which uses lower cost chips and less data. now, that could challenge a widespread bet in financial markets that ai will drive investment and demand along a supply chain, from chip makers to data centres. but it also raises a lot of questions about the sky high valuation of the likes of nvidia. remember, shares of nvidia are the poster child of ai, have risen 196% since the start of 2024, and that might be one of the reasons that we're seeing the nasdaq futures come down now, analysts say may be such powerful ai technology is possible, after all, on more cost effective chips. now, little is known about deep sea and but there are lots of reviews on apple's app store and android google play store praising its transparency, and that's because its model explains its reasoning behind answers

to prompts and queries. this week are so busy for profit news coming from biggest technology companies in the world, many in the united states, metta, microsoft, apple. we will be across those earnings as they break. ryanair has reported net profits of 149 million euro for the third—quarter, which was higher than many analysts had been predicting. however, europe's largest budget carrier lowered its forecast for 2025, blaming delays on the expected delivery of nine boeing 737 max aircraft, which is likely to impact passenger numbers. global aviation analyst sally gethin says the numbers show some promise for ryanair. the traffic has gone up 9%, 45 million passengers, and there was a profit of 149 euros million, as you said, and revenue rose 10% to 2.96 billion euros.

so, i mean, it's in the right direction. everything's going quite well. but as you pointed out, sally, there's this problem with the boeing so—called game changer aircraft, which is the 737—8200 aircraft. and ryanair�*s actually physically gone out and paid a visit to boeing earlier this month to try and chivvy things along. but of course, the big problem there for boeing, problems beyond its control, because of course boeing had a series of issues last year, culminating in a long strike of its workers towards the end of the year, which has been resolved now. but it looks like the entry into service of, of that fleet is going to be delayed. and as a result, the forecast of passengers for the whole of this year has been revised downwards from 210 million to 206 million.

those are the top business stories. fasten your seat belts later, when the us markets open it will be at roller—coaster ride. officials in belarus say that alexander lukashenko has won the presidential election on sunday. critics says that mr lukashenko, who is a close ally of russia's vladimir putin, rigged the poll to ensure a huge margin of victory. by by jailing byjailing opponents are forcing them into exile. steve rosenberg is in the belarus capital minsk and gave us his analysis. election officials claim that mr lukashenko secured nearly 87% of the vote. but as we marvel at these astronomical numbers, it's important to keep in mind

that he faced no serious challenge or challenger in this election. all mr lukashenko's biggest rivals, his most vocal critics, are either in prison or in political exile. there were other candidates on the ballot, four of them, and i met a couple of two earlier this week, and one of them actually said to me that he's a supporter of alexander lu kashenko. his campaign slogan — this is the leader of the communist party — his campaign slogan was, "not in place of lukashenko, but together with lukashenko." another candidate was full of praise for alexander lu kashenko. that gives a flavour of the kind of election that this was. as does what happened at a polling station yesterday where mr lukashenko cast his ballot. quite extraordinary. he came to the polling station, he voted, and then he proceeded to give a 4.5—hour press conference live on belarusian television. this is why the voting was going on. the election was still going on, and he was live for 11.5 hours on, on television. it was an opportunity forjournalists, including foreignjournalists, to ask him about this

controversial election. so i did ask him, "how can you consider this election to be democratic when your biggest rivals are in prison or in exile?" and he said, "well, you know, everyone has the right to choose. this is democratic. some people chose prison, some people chose exile." but in reality, of course, back in 2020, it was the authorities here that chose to to target mr lukashenko's critics and opponents as it cracked down on those mass protests after the 2020 presidential election. and, steve, give us a sense of why belarus is important in the context of belarus being an ally of russia's and why it's important at the moment. belarus is vital for russia. it's a vital ally for russia, and russia is vital for belarus. it's thanks to russia's support, to a large extent, that mr lukashenko was able to hold on to power. and if you think back to 2022,

when president putin launched his full scale invasion of ukraine, part of that invasion took place from the territory of belarus. so it's an important country in europe, and it's been run for more than 30 years by the same man, alexander lukashenko, who has now extended his power. winds of up to 80 miles an hour have been recorded in parts of devon and cornwall, as storm herminia arrives in the uk. yellow weather warnings were in place overnight across much of england and wales. it follows storm eowyn, which killed two people. louisa pilbeam reports. it was the south west of england that was swamped by the storm this time, with a second weather system called storm herminia flooding roads. these drivers in somerset found themselves in danger, and parts of devon had almost 34mm of rain, accompanied by 82 mile an hour winds. this was saint austell

in cornwall. the roads completely washed out and it's all washing down our drive. the strongest winds in ten years had already caused severe damage in scotland, with storm eowyn bringing 100 mile an hour gusts. this family in falkirk in scotland were waiting out the storm in their home when this happened. a teenager in east ayrshire is the second person to have died after rare red weather warnings were in place. his car was struck by a falling tree. up to 20,000 homes and businesses in scotland are still without power. craig ritchie, from biggar in south lanarkshire, has been without electricity for three days. it's been worse for other folk than me, that's for sure. see, i'm lucky i've got the fire here, i've got a wee gas cooker so i can heat things up. i've got really good friends and family locally so i can go, i can get showered, i can get

stuff to eat. in ireland, three quarters of a million people were without power at one point. half a million now have electricity, with around 250,000 needing to be reconnected. in northern ireland, 711,000 people still have no power. those travelling are urged to check trains and flights are running before they leave. and flights are running before they leave across most of the uk and ireland, as the storms continue to cause disruption until the middle of this week. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. we will return to auschwitz with more of the liberation in 1945.

hello again. storm herminia is making its presence felt across our shores, so named by the spanish metservice because of the impacts in spain. but the met office also has a couple of yellow weather warnings in force connected with the storm. so wind for southern parts of england and wales valid until 6:00 tomorrow morning and rain for wales valid until midnight tonight. so we've got the rain that crossed us through the morning and overnight, pushing up towards northeast scotland and rotating around the low pressure which is the storm. we've got squally showers, some heavy, some merging to give longer spells of rain, some hail and thunder mixed in there and gusty winds, the strongest across the west and also the south. temperature wise, around about average for the time of year. we're looking six to about nine degrees as we head on through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening and overnight period. the rain continues to push northeastwards across scotland. we continue with this rash of showers moving across england, wales and northern ireland.

some of those will be wintry on higher ground. the winds will slowly start to ease, but it still will be blustery tonight and we're looking at two to seven degrees as our overnight lows. tomorrow the low pressure, which is the storm, continues to drift towards the east. and then we've got another low pressure coming in from the atlantic. so during the course of tuesday all these showers continue to push eastwards. it will be brighter behind but it's still going to be blustery. and we've got a cold northerly wind blowing in some showers across the north of scotland. temperatures seven to about ten degrees north to south. so we say goodbye to the low pressure. that's the storm. and then we've got this next area of low pressure coming in. now, there's still a little bit of uncertainty as to just how far north the rain will come. this is what we think at the moment across some southern counties of england. but it could push a little bit further north than that. some showers coming in on the northwesterly wind, but in between. a quieter day. a lot of dry weather around. temperatures seven to about ten degrees. and then looking beyond that. well, as we head through thursday, it's looking like it's going to be dry for most of us. more settled and it continues more settled as we head into the ensuing days. but there will still be

some rain on the cards. and then looking beyond that. well, as we head through thursday, it's looking like it's going to be dry for most of us. more settled and it continues more settled as we head into the ensuing days. but there will still be some rain on the cards.

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news. tens of thousands of displaced palestinians have begun returning to their homes in northern gaza as part of a ceasefire deal involving the return of israeli hostages. these are the live pictures from the gaza strip. sir keir starmer and donald trump have agreed to meet soon after the uk prime minister praised the us president for his role in securing the gaza ceasefire deal. i'm lucy hawkins live at auschwitz one is the world marks world holocaust memorial day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. survivors in their 80s and 90s have gathered with the polish president already today at the death hole here at auschwitz one to pay tribute and remember the 1.1 million people who were murdered here.