more than a million people, most of them jewish, were systematically murdered at this nazi concentration camp, the largest mass execution ever recorded. this morning survivors returned to this site to lay wreaths and candles, remembering those who were killed, here and at camps across europe. they gave an order for parents to hand over all children up to 18 years of age. can you imagine? the screaming, the mothers... the mothers crying, "almighty god, help us," still rings in my ears today. also on the programme... on the move in gaza — these are live pictures as thousands of people return to their homes in the north of the strip after 15 months of war. bristol makes plans to become

the first major english city to only collect people's main waste bins once a month. and independent pharmacies want better checks for patients buying weight—loss drugs online, saying the current system leaves gaps that could put their health at risk. and coming up on bbc news: what next for tottenham? even manager ange postecoglou admits his future isn't safe after their latest defeat at home to leicester. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one from auschwitz in poland, exactly 80 years after this notorious death camp was liberated. on what is now recognised as international holocaust memorial day, king charles willjoin political leaders and survivors here this afternoon to remember the men, women and children who were

murdered by the nazis at this concentration camp and across europe. six millionjewish people were killed in the holocaust. millions of others because they were polish, roma, disabled, gay or belonged to other ethnic groups. early this morning, some of the survivors returned to auschwitz with their families to remember those who never left here. our europe correspondentjessica parker reports on the day's events. holding candles, together they walked slowly — survivors, their families — towards a wall where prisoners were once lined up and executed by nazi firing squads. here, you can still feel the architecture of evil. rene is now 95

years old, the only member of her immediate family to survive the holocaust, after they were brought here in 1944. holocaust, after they were brought here in 1944-— here in 1941». they started giving orders here in 1944. they started giving orders over _ here in 1944. they started giving orders over the _ here in 1944. they started giving orders over the loudspeakers. i here in 1944. they started giving . orders over the loudspeakers. first, we all had to sit down so they could overlook us better. then they gave an order for parents to hand overlook us better. then they gave an orderfor parents to hand over all children up to 18 years of age. can you imagine? the screaming, the mothers... de mothers crying, almighty god, help us, still rings in my ears today.— almighty god, help us, still rings in my ears today. crammed freight trains carry — in my ears today. crammed freight trains carry people _ in my ears today. crammed freight trains carry people here _ in my ears today. crammed freight trains carry people here from - in my ears today. crammed freight trains carry people here from all i trains carry people here from all over nazi —controlled europe. more than1 million people were systematically murdered at auschwitz, the majority of them jewish. this was the largest and deadliest of the concentration camps, with gas chambers designed

for industrial level killing, built in nazi occupied poland. translation:— in nazi occupied poland. translation: ., ., w , in nazi occupied poland. translation: ., ., w ., translation: poland takes care of those sites in _ translation: poland takes care of those sites in order— translation: poland takes care of those sites in order to _ translation: poland takes care of those sites in order to protect - translation: poland takes care of those sites in order to protect the i those sites in order to protect the memory, to keep it alive, so people always remember, and so, through this remembrance, the world never again let such a dramatic human catastrophe happen, and to be more precise, a catastrophe of humanity. 80 years ago to this day, the camp was liberated by advancing soviet troops. prisoners who hadn't been forced to evacuate on brutal death marches were found starved and terrorised, in a place of unimaginable suffering that the nazis had tried to hide. in that, they failed. today, those deeds are known. the history of auschwitz and its horrors have been preserved, and most importantly, today, its many victims are remembered. jessica

parker, bbc news, auschwitz. our europe correspondent jessica parker is about a mile from here. jess,itis jess, it is those survivors who will be at the heart of what we see and hear this afternoon? yes, that's right. as you say, i am at the part of the camp where the main commemoration will take place injust a few main commemoration will take place in just a few hours. there will be politicians, presidents and prime ministers. there will be european royalty, including king charles. as you say, the people we will hear from are the survivors. their stories, their memories and their mission to remind us what happened here. this is the part of the camp where the nazis expanded their operations during the course of the war, where they built gas chambers to carry out their plans of mass murder. at its height, 12,000 people

a day were being killed here — men, women and children. i think today, of course, there will be reflection, there will be grief, and there will be those inevitable questions as well, among them, how could humanity do something like this? alongside that, we will hear that call of never again. that, we will hear that call of never again-— that, we will hear that call of never auain.�* ,, . ~' . ~' never again. jessica parker, thank ou ve never again. jessica parker, thank you very much _ never again. jessica parker, thank you very much indeed. _ never again. jessica parker, thank you very much indeed. as - never again. jessica parker, thank you very much indeed. as jess - never again. jessica parker, thank| you very much indeed. as jess was you very much indeed. asjess was saying, king charles will be in attendance for the ceremony this afternoon, the first time he has been here. our senior royal correspondent daniela relphjoins me now. this place clearly means a lot to him? it this place clearly means a lot to him? ., , this place clearly means a lot to him? . , . , , this place clearly means a lot to him? . _ ., ., him? it was incredibly important to him? it was incredibly important to him to be here _ him? it was incredibly important to him to be here at _ him? it was incredibly important to him to be here at auschwitz - him? it was incredibly important to him to be here at auschwitz today, | him to be here at auschwitz today, and to hear the testimony of survivors on the ground in the place where so much brutality happen. it is interesting talking to buckingham palace about the visit. they use personal language about it and what it means to him, talking about it

being a deeply personal pilgrimage to him. they say it will be profound for him to be here this afternoon, very poignant. it is clearly something on a personal level that really matters to the king. he has just arrived in poland and he is in krakow that the moment at the jewish community centre, are sent out he himself was involved in creating for the jewish himself was involved in creating for thejewish community himself was involved in creating for the jewish community to have somewhere to connect socially, and he has just finished somewhere to connect socially, and he hasjust finished giving somewhere to connect socially, and he has just finished giving a very powerful speech at that centre about the power of remembrance, the collective duty we'll have to remember and to learn from past mistakes. the king delivering that speech now in crackup. he mistakes. the king delivering that speech now in crackup.— mistakes. the king delivering that speech now in crackup. he will have time this afternoon _ speech now in crackup. he will have time this afternoon to _ speech now in crackup. he will have time this afternoon to reflect - time this afternoon to reflect privately on the significance of this and how deeply moving it is. that this and how deeply moving it is. git the end of events, he will come close to where we are here, and he will lay a light of remembrance. we are told he is doing that in person because he sees that very much as a public vow to survivors that he will continue to tell their stories.

thank you very much indeed, daniela. i think we can see some live pictures now that we are getting off king charles arriving here in poland today. as daniela was just telling us, he arriving here in poland today. as daniela wasjust telling us, he is meeting with members of thejewish community in crackup, about 30 miles from the auschwitz camp. daniela telling us that he wanted to make this both, of course, in his public role, but also as a private visit as well. this is deeply personal to him, so how do look like he will come from crack over in the next couple of hours, and we will hear more stories from survivors later in the programme, survivors at the heart of the ceremony the king will be at. at the heart of the political events as well. you can read more of their accounts on the bbc news website. there's a live—page

which is constantly being updated. and later this afternoon, fiona bruce will present a special programme from here to mark the commemoration events. that starts at 2.30pm on bbc one and iplayer. 200,000 palestinians have started to return to northern gaza to see what remains of their homes and communities there. they were allowed to begin theirjourney after hamas agreed to hand over a female israeli civilian hostage who should have been returned under the terms of the ceasefire deal on saturday. most of those travelling are on foot, carrying the few possessions they have left. our correspondentjon donnison is in jerusalem. jon, this is another part of the agreement that's had to be brought back on track? yes, and we will see some of those remarkable images from gaza in my report in a moment, but what got people moving today was this wrangling over who should have been released in the prisoner and hostage exchange on saturday has been

resolved. israel was unhappy that 29—year—old arbel yehud was not released on saturday. hamas agreed to release her on thursday and a further six on saturday, so six in total in exchange for palestinian prisoners. in my report now, internationaljournalists prisoners. in my report now, international journalists are prisoners. in my report now, internationaljournalists are not allowed to operate freely in gaza by israel, so a lot of the pictures here have been gathered by trusted palestinian journalists there. in the holy land, not an exodus but a homecoming. if they've still got a home to go to. hundreds of thousands of gazans, many with a walk of more than ten miles ahead of them. the sick, the young —

all heading north. just survival, some kind of victory. "god is great," she cries. "hamas, the resistance, we salute you". he may only have a blanket, but he's happy. "i want to go back and see my mum and dad", he smiles. "i've not seen them for 15 months". anyone lucky enough to have a car or a truck faces a long wait to have them checked under israeli military supervision to make sure no weapons are being carried. and with the un estimating 60% of all buildings have been destroyed or damaged, people are going to be living amid the rubble. for gazan families, there is light, but the road ahead is long. "we will rebuild", says ibrahim, "we will not leave".

this weekend, president donald trump suggested gaza could be cleaned out, with neighbouring countries taking people in. palestinians would call that ethnic cleansing. for them, gaza is home. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak now to our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf, who's in cairo. rushdi, we're watching live pictures as people stream north along the coast road. you're talking to people making thatjourney, including your own family — what are they all finding when they get home? it is long, difficult, and a very long journey for the people, but it is a long—awaited journey — 15 months of people counting day after

day, second after second, until they are reaching this moment. they are overshadowed with some sadness, because many people who returned back to gaza, taking this journey, found their homes are destroyed, schools, hospitals, roads, infrastructure, no electricity in gaza, no water, no sewage system, so they are filled with emotions, you know. they are happy to be back after waiting for a very long time, but they are sad to see the really big destruction of gaza, over 60% of buildings in gaza have been destroyed, and all the facilities are not there, but they are happy to be back, despite all of the sadness. rushdie, thank you. the prime minister's first call with donald trump since the us president's inauguration was "warm" and "constructive" and sir keir starmer is looking forward to meeting him soon, downing street has said. let's speak to henry zeffman, our chief political correspondent. henry, this one was a friendly chat,

but there are issues that need to be addressed? absolutely. the existence of this call was a diplomatic achievement for sir keir starmer in the uk. he is the first european leader to have had a call with donald trump since he re—entered the white house a week ago, and we know they talked about the middle east, that they talked about the economy. keir starmer talked about how he wants to deregulate the uk economy, trying to appeal to donald trump there, and that they talked a lot about the royal family. he that they talked a lot about the royalfamily. he was that they talked a lot about the royal family. he was a list of things we establish they didn't talk about — defence spending, greenland, the chagos islands, tariffs, ukraine. that's a reminder that, for all the diplomatic achievement of having this call, and keir starmer will probably be in washington seeing donald trump within a few weeks, there are difficult issues where the two leaders start from very different perspectives still to come. , ., ~' very different perspectives still to

come. , . ~ ,, very different perspectives still to come. , ., ~' ., come. henry, thank you. ithought wear-old — come. henry, thank you. ithought wear-old boy _ come. henry, thank you. ithought -year-old boy has _ come. henry, thank you. ithought -year-old boy has been _ come. henry, thank you. ithought -year-old boy has been remanded | come. henry, thank you. i thought l -year-old boy has been remanded in —year—old boy has been remanded in custody for the murder of leo ross, who was stabbed in a park last week. the defendant, who can't be named because of his age, appeared at birmingham magistrates' court, sitting as a youth court with a closed public gallery. i'll correspond it is outside the court. what more do we know? this hearing lasted less than _ what more do we know? this hearing lasted less than four _ what more do we know? this hearing lasted less than four minutes. - 1431 00:15:27,570 --> 00:15:28