this is bbc news, the headlines... 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. donald trump has reversed his plan to impose sanctions and tariffs on columbia after it agreed to accept deported migrants from the us. the belarus president alexander lukashenko is re—elected, lu kashenko is re—elected, winning lukashenko is re—elected, winning over 86% of the vote. the european union says the vote was a blatant affront to democracy. and the survivors of the holocaust, along with the heads of state and royalty, are gathered at the sight of the nazi concentration camp auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of its liberation. hello if you have just

anniversary of its liberation. hello if you havejustjoined us on bbc news. ceremonies have begunin us on bbc news. ceremonies have begun in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi death camp auschwitz—birkenau. lucy hockings is there. i camp auschwitz-birkenau. lucy hockings is there.— hockings is there. i am everyone- _ hockings is there. i am everyone. it _ hockings is there. i am everyone. it has - hockings is there. i am everyone. it has been l hockings is there. i am| everyone. it has been a hockings is there. i am - everyone. it has been a very cold and frosty start here at auschwitz i. the fact of the sun is out is almostjarring, you can hear the birds are singing in the trees, because people, dignitaries from around the world, royalfamilies people, dignitaries from around the world, royal families of europe, king charles as well, all gathering today to mark world holocaust memorial day, and also the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. it is an incredibly sombre and chilling occasion of course. here at auschwitz remembering the 1.1 million people who were murdered at the hands of the nazis. the pictures you are seeing just now, this happened about an hour ago here at auschwitz i, where we saw the polish president andrzej duda

paying tribute to those victims. they are carrying a wreath there, and you can see some of the elderly survivors, there is a gentleman at the front wearing a prisoner's hat, thatis front wearing a prisoner's hat, that is the blue and white of the prisoners' uniform. moving forward to the death wall, where prisoners were taken and shot. often after they have been spending time in a barracks where they were punished, they laid a wreath and some candles as well, and then we heard from the polish president who talked about the polls are being the guardians of memory today. the mission that they feel to preserve the testimony which caused such unimaginable pain and harm on other nations, president duda said, this is something unprecedented in human history. i think if you have not been here two auschwitz—birkenau, this is what survivors say all the time, they want people to come to witness what has happened here. it is really hard to actually comprehend

just how vast it is here. it has been called a metropolis of death. it is incredibly chilling just what went on here and how fast this complex is. and on the outskirts of auschwitz—birkenau, there is a house that is, to say it is part of this complex is not quite true, but it sits there are separately and it is the house of rudolph hoss, who was the commander here at auschwitz one, one of the architects of what happened here. in this house, he orchestrated some of the murders of the many thousands of 1.1 million, who were killed. in the house is now a site, it has been taken over today and opens as a site to fight against anti—semitism and hatred. and i was invited to take a look around.

this unassuming house is opening the doors to its chilling past. it opening the doors to its chilling past.— chilling past. it is not a jewish house, - chilling past. it is not a jewish house, but - chilling past. it is not a jewish house, but we l chilling past. it is not a - jewish house, but we want to jewish house, but we want to show that this house is for everyone, and jewish people were not allowed to enter the house during the war, and now they are a part of the new history of this house. overlooking auschwitz i, it was the home of the nazi commandant rudolf hoss and his family. the dream life of the family is depicted in the oscar—winning film a zone of interest. his wife called the house of paradise. the house from where her husband planned the murder of 1.1 million people. the top floor of the house was built by prisoners to house the rapidly expanding family of rudolf hoss, including the fifth child he was born in this house, so much was done to shield the children from what was happening right next door,

including thrusting the windows and so they couldn't see out. but if you had opened a window, just beyond the trees you can see here is the gas chamber at auschwitz i, where up to 600 prisoners to be murdered in just 20 minutes. and the elaborate deception continued. behind this white ball, the family had a huge garden with a playground and a swimming pool. and beyond that is auschwitz i. guards were told to start up their car and motorbike engines to mask the noise of the horror that was unfolding in the gas chambers. foryears, a that was unfolding in the gas chambers. for years, a polish family lived here, but today it opens as a site for halting extreme and anti—semitic behaviour. extreme and anti-semitic behaviour.— behaviour. we all have neighbours _ behaviour. we all have neighbours and - behaviour. we all have neighbours and a - behaviour. we all have| neighbours and a house behaviour. we all have - neighbours and a house next door, what we know now is that extremism and anti—semitism can alert as close as that, any of the houses next door and the symbolism of this house i think really capture that moment. hoss was hung for war crimes

metres away from this house. it now stands as a symbol of the fight against hate and a warning that even in the ordinary, evil can lurk. it was really interesting talking to those that are running the site, they don't want to call it a museum or glorify anything around the commandant, even though there was fascination around him and his family. they want it to be seen as a place where anti—semitism can be tackled, where hate speech can be tackled as well, and they ultimately want it to be a place that is hopeful. but it is quite extraordinary as it stands there, and it was just metres away from auschwitz i that he was hung at the gallows. it is close to where i am standing right now, and we will continue to follow the commemorations throughout the day here on bbc news. the focus company we keep mentioning, on those 50 survivor —— the focus,

as we keep saying, is on this 50 survivors. they are frail but they are remarkably good spirited and still, quick, intellectual as they come here, as they come here year after year to remind people of the horrors of what they went through, what happened here, and also to pass on the message and also to pass on the message and warning that this must never happen again. those survivors will be the focus throughout the day. even though this will be an event attended by prime minister is an president and european royalty. we will bring it to you live on bbc news, i hope you can stay with us. lucy, thank you so much. as lucy mentioned, we have got a lot coming up from auschwitz, you can follow it all on a special live page that we have on the bbc news website. we have also been hearing testimonies from some of those survivors, as lucy mentioned, they are getting old and many of them are frail and it may be the last time that

they attend one of the big commemoration events at auschwitz. you can read some of their testimony also on the bbc news website and app. and we will be back later to lucy at auschwitz. the us says it will not go ahead with tariffs and other sanctions against colombia after bogota agreed to accept — without restrictions, what the us because illegal aliens. donald trump... colombia's president first threatened his own sanctions against the us but then backed down. we asked richard maccoll, a freelance journalist based in colombia, to explain what had happened on sunday. it has been a long day for us here watching social media and listening to various outlets about what is going on, but it does seem like the crisis has been

averted for now. they have reached an agreement. of course, it is being billed in the us as a major victory for the trump policy on migrants, but we need to go back to the basics. it wasn't that colombia was refusing the entry of migrants, it was just these two planes, the military planes. it was colombia's policy, well, gustavo petro's policy has been that he wishes for his countrymen to be returned in a dignified manner. colombia received over 120 planes last year, so it has been a war of words over technicalities. richard maccoll talking to us a little earlier. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

an investigation has found bird feathers and blood stains on both of the jet�*s engines. all 179 passengers died. there have been reports of birds on the airport where the flight was trying to make an emergency landing. the role of a concrete barrier near the end of the runway which the plane struck as it came down is also being investigated. jean mckenzie has the latest from seoul. well, this report really sets out what the full investigation is going to do, and it says that it's going to focus on two main things. so that is the role, as you say, that a bird strike played in this crash, but also the role that this localiser, this guidance system at the end of the runway, which the plane then crashed into, what role that played as well. but in terms of the bird strike, this initial report has

already set out some of the findings. so, it details how the pilots, when they were coming into land at muan airport that day, they were talking, they were discussing this flock of birds. the plane then goes around to attempt a second landing, and that is when the air traffic controllers warn these pilots about the birds, and it is just seconds later, really, that they then make this emergency mayday landing warning. so that is the point at which we know that something has gone wrong. and the plane then comes in to land. it lands on its belly, it speeds along the runway and it crashes into this localiser, this guidance system at the end. now, since the crash, the investigators have also looked at the engines, and what they have found is feathers from birds and bloodstains on both of the engines. so, although this is an initial report, it suggests that birds got into both of the plane's engines. perhaps they caused both of those engines to fail. and this could then explain why the plane wasn't able to get its wheels down when it came in for that landing. but of course, this is an initial investigation, and much more work is going

to be needed to establish the exact cause of this crash. jean mackenzie reporting from seoul. i want to take you to back to live pictures we have been showing you from gaza. there you can see one of the vehicles, packed with children and others and their belongings, and this is all after this deal was finally reached for the palestinians who have been waiting to get back into the north of gaza was remedied. there was a hitch over the weekend. it was to do with the release of a civilian hostage. but about two hours and 43 minutes ago, the road was opened, and there you can see the tens of thousands of people who are now walking back into the north, many of them are streaming along that coast road. you can see that they are carrying their possessions on

their shoulders. and the vehicle crossing, we saw that the vehicle waiting to cross with those children on it, that opened a short time after. people were allowed to walk in. all of the vehicles are having to be checked, but you can see that many, many thousands of these displaced palestinians have decided that they are going to take this walk, it will take them a while, along those dusty roads, carrying their possessions on their backs, because they want to get backs, because they want to get back to see what is left of their homes. we spoke to a number of gazans who were at that crossing waiting to get back in, asking them what they expected to find. we spoke to 42—year—old marine, who said, "i want to go to my house and my land that i got raised in. my my land that i got raised in. mm my land that i got raised in. myjoy is being in my house, whether it is a standing or

demolished. we don't know what we will see, except the ruins, but we need to go there, we need to go back." the ob, a man displaced, said he was hoping to search for his sons and others who stayed behind. he said if anyone got killed or it's still under the rubble, "we want to take them out. we want to go back to see what is left of the infrastructure and whether we can survive there or not." he went on to tell us, "people are saying that the level of destruction, there are no landmarks remaining. i want to see this with my own eyes." another man told us that he expected to find mass destruction but he still wanted to "kiss the dirt of the north." and that is what you can see now happening on your screens. the tens of thousands of palestinians walking back to the north of the country. as i

mentioned, it was due to happen on saturday, but it was held up by a row over the release of an israeli civilian hostage. hamas released four soldiers on a saturday, but not that civilian. that led israel to accuse hamas of breaching the gaza ceasefire deal. there were the negotiations and hamas now says it will free that civilian of two of the hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday, that is why the roads have been reopened into the north. there you can see those displaced palestinians starting to return. we will of course return. we will of course return to those live pictures from gaza later here on bbc news. we now turn our attention to belarus. officials in belarus say that aleksandr lukashenko has won the presidential election on sunday. he has been in power since 1994. 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.

that was by eitherjoining his opponents orforcing that was by eitherjoining his opponents or forcing them into exile. —— byjailing his opponents. our russia editor steve rosenberg is in the capital minsk and told us more about the election. 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 there were other candidates on the ballot, four of them, on the ballot, four of them, and i met a couple and i met a couple earlier this week. earlier this week. and one of them actually said and one of them actually said to me that he's a supporter to me that he's a supporter of aleksandr lu kashenko. of aleksandr lu kashenko. his campaign slogan — his campaign slogan — this is the leader of this is the leader of the communist party — the communist party —

his campaign slogan was "not his campaign slogan was "not in place of lukashenko, in place of lukashenko, but together with lukashenko". another candidate was full of praise for aleksandr 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 four—and—a—half—hour press conference live on belarusian television. this is while the voting was going on. the election was still going on, and he was live for four and a half hours on television. it was an opportunity for journalists, including foreign journalists, to ask him about this controversial election.

down on those mass protests after the 2020 presidential election. steve rosenberg reporting from minsk. survivors of british terrorist attacks are calling for a national remembrance day to be introduced in the uk and a permanent monument erected to honour victims. a new report by the charity survivors against terror found that 97% of victims would support a national day being introduced to pay tribute to those who were affected. a delegation of terror survivors will meet with the security minister, danjarvis, later today to discuss the proposals. i wanted to go back to the pictures we have been getting from gaza where huge numbers of palestinians who had been displaced are walking back to their homes in the ruins of northern gaza. this all after a

deal was reached with hamas to hand over three more israeli hostages. this had been a sticking point over the weekend. we had expected this crossing to reopen over the weekend, but it didn't. a deal has now been reached for hamas to hand over those israeli hostages, which means that they have opened this coast road that you can see. there are tens of thousands of people streaming along the coast road. most of them are carrying their possessions on their backs. we also know that a vehicle crossing has also opened, but of the process of allowing vehicles to move from southern gaza to the north is proceeding very slowly, according to a palestinian security official familiar with the procedures. you can get more on the bbc news website and app, we have a live page up and running. you're with bbc news.

there are calls to tighten up the law around changing names by deed poll, to prevent criminals from hiding their identity. it comes after a bbc investigation found a 61—year—old convicted sex offender was able to pose as a millionaire investment specialist under a new name and scam his neighbour out of thousands of pounds. our reporter sara smith has more. we'd bump into each other in the hallways. we got talking, we got chatting, just really friendly. and that's how i met him. separated from family and friends during lockdown, shana, like many, found support among her neighbours. renting in greenhithe at the time, when she told one neighbour of her plans to buy her own place, he said he was a financial expert, a multi—millionaire, and could lend her some money to help. i insisted on seeing his id.

he brought his bills with him, like thames water and his passport, his driving licence. and i do id checks as part of myjob. i do dbs checks for myjob, and i check id all the time. i know what i'm looking out for. and it all looked legit. i googled him. nothing came up under his name. so i thought, "ok, that all checks out." but a few months later, police would arrest aidan sinclair and charge him with fraud. is it aidan? it is. we've got a warrant to search the address. he drained more than £18,000 from shana's credit cards after saying he needed them to release the cash he was lending her. you know those kind of two devils on your shoulder? on one hand, i'm thinking, how stupid, how stupid are you for falling for this? and then, on the other hand, i'm thinking, yeah, but you did as much as you can. and you were reassured that he's a legitimate person.

the man who'd produced this apparently healthy bank statement produced a driving licence and passport in the name of dr aidan sinclair was better known to the criminal justice system as gary cawthorne. had shana googled that name, she'd have stayed well away. in 2013, gary cawthorne was convicted of sexual assault on a teenage girl. three years on, he was sent to prison for grooming then sexually assaulting another teenage girl. he was jailed again for repeatedly failing to comply with the sex offenders register, over a number of years. earlier in his life, he'd been a police officer with the met. he'd also used yet another name in some of his offending. changing your name by deed poll, as sinclair did, is perfectly legal and pretty straightforward. there are dozens of sites online offering to help. forjust a few pounds, they'll do the legal work

to make sure your new name can be used on your passport, your driving licence, your bank accounts. and you can do it again and again and again, change your name as often as you like. shana wants those still on licence, that is, serving part of their sentence out on parole, to be forbidden from changing their names. if you look up his birth name, he's all over the internet. he's all over the internet. but because he was legally allowed to change his name, his passport that i held in my hand, his driving licence that i hold in my hand, all of his documents, they are legal documents. aidan sinclair was very convincing in the way he committed this crime. when the victims looked up aidan sinclair online, they didn't find any history of his offending in any sort of form. and unfortunately, those victims, therefore, fell to his scam. sex offenders like cawthorne, or sinclair, should notify the police if they're changing their changing their names, buta campaign is under way to toughen up the law. if you don't know who you're

checking, then actually, - what's the point of the checks? the checks become null and void. - so therefore, if we - have a criminal records check and we're checking . forjoe bloggs, but actually joe bloggs is now known asjoe smith, _ it's very difficult - to actually trace that. unless this loophole - is stopped, it will continue to be exploited, continuing to put vulnerable people at risk. - shana thought she'd done her due diligence. instead, she was being tricked by the sex offender next door. this is a safeguarding issue. we've got dangerous people out there who can reinvent themselves and just, you know, wipe the slate clean. and that's exactly what he did. i could have been in real danger based on what i know now, i know he's capable of. good morning. is it aidan? following his latest arrest and conviction, sinclair, or cawthorne, is serving a three—year jail sentence. but at the moment, there's little to stop any criminal

from changing their names and finding new victims in the future. throughout the day, will be marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. the russian president putin has not been invited because of what is going on in ukraine, but he has commented. he has hailed the role of the soviet army and ending what he called "the total evil of auschwitz during world war ii". later, we will see a number of ceremonies, including king charles who will be there, and of course we will have full coverage throughout the day here on bbc news. we will pause now for a check on the weather with carol kirkwood.

hello again. storm erminia 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 this 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. 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. live from london. this is bbc 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 life pictures from the gaza strip. sir keir starmer and donald trump have agreed to meet soon after the uk prime minister praised the president for his role in securing the ceasefire deal. i am live at auschwitz as the world marks holocaust memorial day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz. it has been an emotional and moving morning already as we saw with survivors and the polish president gathering here to pay tribute to remember the 1.1 million people who were murdered here.